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The Passion of Ayn Rand is a biography of Ayn Rand by writer and lecturer Barbara Branden, a former friend and business associate. Published by Doubleday in 1986, it was the first full-length biography of Rand and the basis for the 1999 film of the same name starring Helen Mirren as Rand.
- Barbara Branden
- 1986
In 1986, Barbara Branden published another biography of Rand, The Passion of Ayn Rand. The book, written after Rand's death in 1982, caused a rift among Rand's followers because it not only stated that Rand and Nathaniel Branden had been lovers, but that Rand had broken with them when she learned of his affair with Scott. [ 13 ]
Sep 7, 1986 · Barbara Branden, first wife of Nathaniel Branden, whose Nathaniel Branden Institute (or NBI) was for years the non-literary conduit of Rand’s ideas into the mainstream of American thought.
Nov 11, 2009 · Despite the ruinous and controversial romantic affair between Rand and Nathaniel Branden, and her eventual ouster from Rand's inner circle, Barbara still feels fondly for the author of The...
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Despite the ruinous and controversial romantic affair between Rand and Nathaniel Branden, and her eventual ouster from Rand's inner circle, Barbara still feels fondly for the author of The...
Dec 12, 2013 · Branden's The Passion of Ayn Rand, which focused on the emotional life of a writer best known for promoting rationality, was a controversial best-seller that was later turned into a...
In 1968 the Institute was dissolved when Ayn Rand, in a move that sent shock waves through the Objectivist movement, severed her association with both Nathaniel and Barbara. In 1986 Barbara published the controversial biography, The Passion of Ayn Rand.
