Ayn Rand
1905 – 1982
Ayn Rand was one of the popular authors of the literature, fiction, nonfiction, and philosophy genres. She was a Russian-born American author, who has written a couple of bestselling novels in her career, along with several other successful novels. Apart from being a famous novelist, Rand was also a playwright, screenwriter, and philosopher. She was also very famous for creating a philosophical team that she called as Objectivism. The two of the most successful novels written by author Rand include Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. Rand was born on February 2, 1905, in St. Petersburg, Russia; and died on March 6, 1982, in New York City, New York, United States. She was born, raised, and educated in Russia, and they moved to The United States in the year 1926. During the time period between 1935 and 1936, Rand had produced a play on Broadway. Her initial stint as a writer did not play well as the first couple of novels of her went unsuccessful in America. But, author Rand achieved fame as a novelist with her 1943 novel titled The Fountainhead.