Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand · Arts & Literature
Novelist and philosopher ('Atlas Shrugged', 'The Fountainhead')
1905, Saint Petersburg, Russia — 1982, New York City, USA
Russia · United States
Ayn Rand is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Novelist and philosopher ('Atlas Shrugged', 'The Fountainhead')
Rand was a Russian-American novelist and philosopher, author of the best-selling novels 'The Fountainhead' and 'Atlas Shrugged', who founded the philosophy of Objectivism championing reason, individualism and laissez-faire capitalism. Her ideas had a lasting influence on political and libertarian thought. She was born to a Russian-Jewish family in Saint Petersburg and later became an atheist.
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Novelist and philosopher ('Atlas Shrugged', 'The Fountainhead')
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Literature
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