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Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand (1943 Talbot portrait)
Born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum
2 February 1905(1905-02-02)
Saint Petersburg, Russia Romanov Flag
Died 6 March 1982(1982-03-06) (aged 77)
Saint Petersburg, Russia Romanov Flag
Resting place Smolensky Cemetery, Saint Petersburg, Russia Romanov Flag
Other names Ayn Rand
Ethnicity Russian
Alma mater Saint Petersburg State University
Occupation Writer
Years active 1934–1982
Religion Eastern Orthodoxy
Parents
  • Zinovy Zakharovich Rosenbaum (father)
  • Anna Borisovna Kaplan (mother)

Ayn Rand (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum; 2 February 2 [O.S. 20 January] 1905 – 6 March 1982) was a Russian novelist, philosopher, playwright and screenwriter. She is known for her two best-selling novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism.

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