Person Detail: Ayn Rand

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General Information:
Full Name: Ayn Rand
Biography: (1905-1982) Russian-American novelist. Ayn Rand lived in Manhattan, New York. She came to the United States in 1926 from Leningrad and worked for many years as a screenwriter. Her novels are romantic and dramatic, and they espouse a philosophy of rational self-interest that opposes the altruistic tendencies of the modern welfare state. In 1999 the United States Postal Service issued its sixteenth stamp in the Literary Arts series in honor of Ayn Rand.
Author's Timeline:
1951		New York County Rand moved to New York City in 1951 and lived in Manhattan, New York.
1905		(Unknown) County Alissa Zinovievna Rosenbaum was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia in 1905.
1982		(Unknown) County Ayn Rand died in New York, New York in 1982.
1943		(Unknown) County The Fountainhead Novel.
1957		(Unknown) County Atlas Shrugged Novel.
1961		(Unknown) County For the New Intellectual Nonfiction in which Rand summarizes her philosophy, which she called "objectivism."
1934		(Unknown) County The Night of January 16th Play.
1964		(Unknown) County The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism Nonfiction.
1966		(Unknown) County Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal Nonfiction.
1969		(Unknown) County The Romantic Manifesto: A Philosophy of Literature Nonfiction.
1971		(Unknown) County The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution Nonfiction.
1982		(Unknown) County Philosophy: Who Needs It Nonfiction.
1936		(Unknown) County We the Living Novel.
1982		Westchester County Ayn Rand was interred at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, New York.