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Ayn Rand

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born
in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
February 02, 1905

died
March 06, 1982

gender
female

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genre
Literature & Fiction, Philosophy, Nonfiction

influences
Aristotle, John Locke, Thomas Aquinas, Friedrich Nietzsche, Victor Hug...more


About this author

Alisa Rosenbaum was born in pre-revolutionary St. Petersburg to a prosperous Jewish family. When the Bolsheviks requisitioned the pharmacy owned by her father, Fronz, the Rosenbaums fled to the Crimea. Alisa returned to the city (renamed Leningrad) to attend the university, but in 1926 relatives who had already settled in America offered her the chance of joining them there. With money from the sale of her mother's jewelry, Alisa bought a ticket to New York. On arrival at Ellis Island, she changed into Ayn (the name of a Finnish writer) Rand (taken from the brand name of her Remington-Rand typewriter). She moved swiftly to Hollywood, where she learned English, worked in the RKO wardrobe department and as an extra, and wrote through the nigh...more


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Ayn Rand's Books

Average rating: 3.72 · 386,360 ratings · 22,751 reviews · 72 distinct works · Similar authors
The Fountainhead
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3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 145,026 ratings — published 1943 — 104 editions
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Atlas Shrugged
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3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 148,973 ratings — published 1957 — 88 editions
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Anthem
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 56,286 ratings — published 1938 — 232 editions
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We the Living
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 13,622 ratings — published 1936 — 3 editions
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The Virtue of Selfishness
3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 6,533 ratings — published 1961 — 40 editions
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Atlas Shrugged & The Founta...
4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 2,598 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions
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Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
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3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 1,990 ratings — published 1966 — 25 editions
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For the New Intellectual: T...
3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 1,606 ratings — published 1961 — 25 editions
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The Romantic Manifesto
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 1,656 ratings — published 1969 — 20 editions
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Philosophy: Who Needs It
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 1,428 ratings — published 1982 — 20 editions
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Atlas Shrugged (3 books)
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“The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.”
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“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it's yours.”
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
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“Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.”
― Ayn Rand
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