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Ayn Rand

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

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 learnt English, worked in the RKO wardrobe department and as an extra, and wrote through the night...more


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Books by Ayn Rand

Average rating: 3.74 · 247993 ratings · 17861 reviews · 95 distinct works
The Fountainhead
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3.81 of 5 stars 381 avg rating — 95542 ratings — published 1943 — 82 editions
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Atlas Shrugged
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3.73 of 5 stars 373 avg rating — 90037 ratings — published 1957 — 84 editions
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Anthem
3.57 of 5 stars 357 avg rating — 38148 ratings — published 1938 — 156 editions
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We the Living
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3.81 of 5 stars 381 avg rating — 9342 ratings — published 1936 — 43 editions
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The Virtue of Selfishness
3.42 of 5 stars 342 avg rating — 3933 ratings — published 1961 — 35 editions
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Atlas Shrugged & The Founta...
4.01 of 5 stars 401 avg rating — 1931 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions
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Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
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3.74 of 5 stars 374 avg rating — 1368 ratings — published 1967 — 22 editions
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3.54 of 5 stars 354 avg rating — 1152 ratings — published 1961 — 22 editions
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The Romantic Manifesto
3.63 of 5 stars 363 avg rating — 1133 ratings — published 1969 — 17 editions
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Philosophy: Who Needs It
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Quotes by Ayn Rand

“The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.”
― Ayn Rand
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“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swaps 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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