What is Ayn Rand?
{{refimprove|date=June 2011}} {{Infobox writer | name = Ayn Rand | native_name = Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум | image = Ayn Rand (1943 Talbot portrait).jpg | alt = Monochrome photograph of a woman | caption = Rand in 1943 | birth_name = Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum | birth_date = {{birth date|1905|02|02}} | birth_place = [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]], [[Russian Empire]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1982|3|6|1905|2|2}} | death_place = [[New York City]], New York, U.S.A. | resting_place = [[Kensico Cemetery]], [[Valhalla, New York]], U.S.A. | pseudonym = Ayn Rand | occupation = Writer | language = English | citizenship = {{plainlist| * [[Russian Empire]] (1905–1917) * [[Russian Republic]] (1917) * [[Russian SFSR]] (1917–1922) * [[Soviet Union]] (1922–1931) * United States (1931–1982) }} | alma_mater = [[Saint Petersburg State University#History|Petrograd State University]] (diploma in history, 1924) | period = 1934–1982 | subject = Philosophy | notableworks = {{plainlist| * ''[[The Fountainhead]]'' * ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'' * ''[[#Selected works|more...]]'' }} | awards = {{Awards|award=[[Prometheus Award]] |year=1983 |title=[[Atlas Shrugged]] |name=Hall of Fame|year2=1987 |title2=[[Anthem (novella)|Anthem]]}} | spouse = {{marriage|Frank O'Connor |1929|1979|end=his death}} | signature = Ayn Rand signature 1949.svg | signature_alt = Ayn Rand }} [[File:Ayn Rand.png|thumb|250px|]] [[File:Atlas Statue 630 Fifth Ave.jpg|right|border|thumb|Statue of '''[[Atlas (Titan)|Atlas]]''', [[New York City]]]] '''Alice O'Connor''' (born '''Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum''' {{lang-ru|link=no|Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум}}, {{IPA-ru|aˈlʲɪsa zʲɪˈnovʲɪvnə rəzʲɪnˈbaʊm|}}.<ref>Most sources [[transliterate]] her [[given name]] as either ''Alisa'' or ''Alissa''</ref>.{{OldStyleDateNY|February 2|January 20}}, 1905&nbsp;– March 6, 1982), better known by her [[pen name]] '''Ayn Rand''' ({{IPAc-en|aɪ|n}}),{{sfn|Gladstein|1999|p=9}} was a [[Russia]]n-born [[Americans|American]] [[writer]], [[screenwriter]], [[playwright]] and [[philosopher]].<