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Ayn Rand Biography

Date          Event

 1905, Feb  2  Born, Alisa Rosenbaum, St. Petersburg, Russia

 1924          Graduated, University of Leningrad, Leningrad, USSR

 1926          Immigrated to the United States; adopted name Ayn Rand

 1929          Married Frank O'Connor, legal name Alice O'Connor

 1931          Became American citizen

 1932 - 1934   Screenwriter

 1934          Night of January 16th (play), produced on Broadway

 1936          Published novel, We the Living (New York: Macmillan. 570 pp.)

 1938          Published novel, Anthem (London: Cassell. 147 pp.)

 1940          The Unconquered (play), produced on Broadway

 1943          Published novel, The Fountainhead (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. 754 pp.)

 1944 - 1949   Screenwriter

 1957          Published novel, Atlas Shrugged (New York: Random House. 1,168 pp.)

 1961          Published For the New Intellectual: the Philosophy of Ayn Rand (New York: Random House. 242 pp.)

 1962 - 1971   Editor, The Objectivist Newsletter, continued by The Objectivist

 1965          Published The Virtue of Selfishness (New York: New American Library. 309 pp.)

 1966          Published Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal (New York: New American Library. 309 pp.)

 1967          Published Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology (New York: Objectivist, Inc. 77 pp.)

 1969          Published The Romantic Manifesto: A Philosophy of Literature (New York: World Publishing Co. 201 pp.)

 1971          Published The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution (New American Library. 204 pp.)

 1971 - 1976   Editor, The Ayn Rand Letter

 1982          Published Philosophy, Who Needs It (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. 276 pp.)

 1982 , Mar. 8 Died, New York, N.Y.

Abbreviated biography from the Library of Congress.

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Ayn Rand : Her Life and Thought by Chris Matthew Sciabarra

Ayn Rand : Her Life and Thought by Chris Matthew Sciabarra

An excellent overview of Ayn Rand's life, novels, and philosophy of Objectivism, author Chris Matthew Sciabarra offers insightful examinations into Rand's early intellectual influences, her fictional themes and characters, her stance as a public philosopher, her political activism, and much more. Also contains a comprehensive bibliography.

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