Ayn Rand (2 Februari 1905 – 6 Maret 1982) merupakan seorang novelis dan filsuf berkebangsaan Amerika Serikat yang dilahirkan di Rusia. Dia menjadi yang terkenal saat menuliskan novel-novel terkenal seperti We the Living, The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged dan Anthem. Dia dilahirkan di St. Petersburg, Rusia. Pada tahun 1974 dia sering kali masuk rumah sakit. Pada 6 Maret 1982 dia meninggal dunia di New York karena menderita serangan jantung.
Ayn Rand | |
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| Lahir | Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum 2 Februari 1905 St. Petersburg, Kekaisaran Rusia |
| Meninggal | 6 Maret 1982 (umur 77) Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Makam | Kensico Cemetery Valhalla, New York, U.S. |
| Nama pena | Ayn Rand |
| Pekerjaan | Penulis |
| Bahasa | Inggris |
| Kewarganegaraan | 1905–1922 Russia 1922–1931 Soviet Union 1931–1982 United States |
| Almamater | Petrograd State University (diploma in history, 1924) |
| Periode | 1934–1982 |
| Tema | Filsafat |
| Karya terkenal | The Fountainhead Atlas Shrugged |
| Penghargaan | Prometheus Award Hall of Fame inductee in 1987 (for Anthem) and co-inaugural inductee in 1983 (for Atlas Shrugged) |
| Pasangan | Frank O'Connor (m. 1929; meninggal 1979) |
| Tanda tangan |
Bibiliografi sunting
Fiksi sunting
- Night of January 16th (1934) ISBN 0-452-26486-3
- We the Living (1936) ISBN 0-451-18784-9
- Anthem (1938) ISBN 0-451-19113-7
- The Fountainhead (1943) ISBN 0-451-19115-3
- Atlas Shrugged (1957) ISBN 0-451-19114-5
Non-fiksi sunting
- For the New Intellectual (1961)
- The Virtue of Selfishness (dengan Nathaniel Branden) (1964)
- Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal (dengan Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan, dan Robert Hessen) (1966)
- Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology (1967)
- The Romantic Manifesto (1969)
- The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution (1971)
- Philosophy: Who Needs It dianugrahi suntingan oleh Leonard Peikoff (1982)
Pranala luar sunting
Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai Ayn Rand.
- Ayn Rand FAQ 2012-12-04 di Wayback Machine.
- The Objectivism Wiki 2008-08-19 di Wayback Machine.
- Frequently Asked Questions on Ayn Rand 2013-09-09 di Wayback Machine.
- "Ayn Rand" entry from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy 2006-06-15 di Wayback Machine.
- American Writers: Ayn Rand 2015-04-11 di Wayback Machine. C-SPAN 2002 RTSP videos.