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About Ayn Rand’s WritingsWhere can I read about Ayn Rand’s view on . . .?Please consult The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z, edited by Harry Binswanger. Now available both in print and on the Web, this book is a mini-encyclopedia of Objectivism, containing the key passages from the writings of Ayn Rand and her associates on 400 topics in philosophy and related fields. From the editor’s preface: “Material by authors other than Miss Rand is included only if she had given it explicit public endorsement—as with Leonard Peikoff’s book The Ominous Parallels and his lecture course ‘The Philosophy of Objectivism’ or if it was originally published under her editorship in The Objectivist Newsletter, The Objectivist or The Ayn Rand Letter. I have also made use of four Objectivist Forum articles that Miss Rand read and approved.” For key passages of dialog as well as all of the speeches from Miss Rand’s novels, see For the New Intellectual. Can I purchase recordings of lectures by Ayn Rand and other ARI speakers?Recorded lectures may be ordered online from the Ayn Rand Bookstore. How can I find out more about Ayn Rand’s intellectual and artistic development?The best source is Miss Rand herself: read Journals of Ayn Rand and Letters of Ayn Rand. The Early Ayn Rand is a collection of stories and plays written by Ayn Rand in the 1920s and 1930s, and includes passages cut from The Fountainhead. See also The Art of Fiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers. I would like to perform Miss Rand’s play Night of January 16th. To whom should I write?For professional production rights requests, contact: Curtis Brown, Ltd.Ten Astor Place New York, NY 10003 For amateur production rights requests, contact: Random HousePermissions Department 3rd Floor 1745 Broadway New York, NY 10019 Mail your request, or fax to 212-572-6066. Also note that the only version that Ayn Rand wanted performed is the one that is in the paperback book of Night of January 16th, published by Plume. Due to many mix-ups, this is likely not the version you will get if you use standard means for obtaining plays. Where do I send a request for permission to reprint an article or essay by Miss Rand?Send reprint requests and questions concerning rights to: Estate of Ayn Randc/o The Ayn Rand Institute 2121 Alton Pkwy, Suite 250 Irvine, CA, 92606 Inquiries will be forwarded to the Estate for consideration. ARI does not own the copyrights to Ayn Rand’s books. Where can I find foreign editions of Miss Rand’s books?The following is a list of recent foreign editions of Ayn Rand's novels. Some of these titles may no longer be in print. Whatever contact information we have for a particular publisher is listed next to a given title. Notes: 1. Native speakers have stated that some foreign editions are not faithful translations. We cannot independently evaluate any of the following editions and therefore do not recommend any particular book. 2. We are unable to offer advice on locating any of the titles listed below. (Try searching the Internet, or contacting a specialist bookseller.) If you know of a foreign edition not listed here, please write to us. The Estate of Ayn Rand has requested that we post the following notice:
Chinese Anthem For the New Intellectual Czech Danish Kun Den Staerke Er Fri (The Fountainhead) Dutch Finnish French Hymne (Anthem) La Source Vive (The Fountainhead) German Greek Italian La Rivolta di Atlante (Atlas Shrugged) 3 vols. Inno (Anthem) Japanese Korean Marathi Norwegian Polish Źródło (The Fountainhead) Hymn (Anthem) Powrót Człowieka Pierwotnego (The Return of the Primitive) Cnota Egoismu (Virtue of Selfishness) Portuguese Romanian Morality of Individualism (essays) Russian Spanish Swedish Urkällan (The Fountainhead) Hymn (Anthem) Lovsång (Anthem) Kapitalismen: det okända idealet (Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal) Turkish Vietnamese Is Howard Roark based on Frank Lloyd Wright?The characters in Miss Rand’s novels are her own original creations. Miss Rand explicitly stated that Roark was not based on Frank Lloyd Wright. From a letter to a fan
[Letters of Ayn Rand, p. 468] For a full exploration of this issue, see “Howard Roark and Frank Lloyd Wright,” a chapter by Michael S. Berliner in Essays on Ayn Rand’s “The Fountainhead” (ed. Robert Mayhew). In Atlas Shrugged a number of major events occur on September 2. What significance, if any, did this date have in Miss Rand’s life?Miss Rand selected that date because it was the date on which she started the actual writing of Atlas Shrugged. Have any of Miss Rand’s novels been made into movies?We the Living
[Excerpt from Reader’s Guide to Selected Works by Ayn Rand, Penguin 1999] The FountainheadThe novel was made into a motion picture in 1949, starring Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal, for which Ayn Rand wrote the screenplay. The movie, available on DVD, often plays on cable TV and at art-house cinemas, where it is always received enthusiastically. Atlas ShruggedCrusader Entertainment has announced plans to produce a film of Atlas Shrugged. Although a preliminary script has been prepared, the project is still in the early stages of development. The Estate of Ayn Rand sold the rights to the dramatization years ago to another buyer and has no control over any aspect of the project. Final creative control, however, will remain with Crusader. The Ayn Rand Institute is not involved in the project. Decades ago Ayn Rand said that, given the state of Hollywood, one must expect the value of any movie of Atlas to be not its quality as art or as philosophy, but its power to call attention to the book, and thereby boost its sales. If and when the present venture comes to fruition (and assuming a certain level of fidelity to the novel), ARI and the Estate will work closely with the publisher, Penguin, using this opportunity to maximize the visibility and availability of Atlas Shrugged. I’m a teacher. May I reproduce one of Ayn Rand’s essays for my class?The Estate of Ayn Rand, having secured the agreement of Penguin Putnam, allows the photocopying of a single Ayn Rand essay, free of charge, for use on a one-time basis and only in the teaching of a high school or college course, under the following conditions:
Teachers who wish to depart from any of these conditions—such as those wishing to reproduce only excerpts from an essay or novel, or to copy more than a single essay—must forward a specific proposal to the Estate of Ayn Rand, which will consider any request on its merits. For teachers, see also ARI’s classroom lesson plans on Anthem and The Fountainhead. If your question isn’t answered on any of our Web pages, you may submit it using this form. |
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