Ayn Rand is a Russian American writer and philosopher. She is known for her two successful novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for the development of a philosophical system she named Objectism. Born and educated in Russia, she moved to the United States in 1926. She had a play produced on Broadway in 1935 and 1936. After the first two failed novels, she became famous. with the 1943 novel, The Fountainhead. In 1957, Rand published his most famous work, the novel Atlas Shrugged. She then moved into the non-fiction genre to promote her philosophy, publishing her own periodicals and publishing a number of essays until her death in 1982. Rand advocated. rationalization is the only way to acquire knowledge and reject faith and religion. It favors rational and moral selfishness and rejects altruism.

Russian-American novelist, philosopher, and Conservative/Libertarian political activist best known for his works The Fountainhead (1943) and Atlas Shrugged (1944). (1957). She is also credited with coining the word"Objectivism" to define a philosophical system she developed.