However, most people only want to see traditional designs. Roark wants to build interesting, modern-looking buildings. "The Fountainhead" tells the story of a young building designer named Howard Roark. It continues to sell about one hundred thousand copies each year. It has sold more than six million copies. "The Fountainhead" became a huge success around the world. However, a man named Archibald Ogden loved the story and convinced the Bobbs-Merrill company to publish it. It took her seven years to write the novel. Then, in nineteen forty-three, Rand’s famous book "The Fountainhead" was published. She published two books during these years, but did not earn much critical or popular recognition. Throughout the nineteen thirties, O'Connor acted and Rand wrote. She met and married actor Frank O’Connor in nineteen twenty-nine.
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Newly named, Rand moved to Hollywood, California to work in the movie business. She also decided to change her name to "Ayn Rand." She said "Rand" was taken from the Russian alphabet spelling of "Rosenbaum." She said she chose "Ayn" after the name of a writer from Finland. Soon after she arrived in the United States, Alisa decided she would never leave. In nineteen twenty-six, she traveled to the United States to visit family members. She took classes in politics, history, law, and writing. Collectivism is the system of ownership and control of the means of production by the people collectively, usually under the supervision of a government.Īfter the revolution, Alisa returned to Saint Petersburg, now called Petrograd, to attend college. This experience was important in Alisa’s life. When the Russian Revolution began in nineteen seventeen, the Rosenbaum family fled to the Russian state of Crimea. She began to write her own stories when she was only seven years old. In nineteen-oh-five, Alisa Rosenbaum was born in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg. People also continue to talk about her ideas and her interesting life. But people still buy hundreds of thousands of copies of them each year.
Many people say her books are poorly written. More than twenty million copies of her books have been sold around the world. Today we tell about the life and writings of Ayn Rand.Īlthough she died more than twenty-five years ago, many Americans still argue about Ayn Rand.
And I'm Barbara Klein with People in America in VOA Special English.
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