Ayn Rand

(real name Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum)

(Russian: Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум)

Anthem

Atlas Shrugged

The Art of Fiction

Capitalism : The Unknown Ideal

For the New Intellectual

The Fountainhead

The Virtue of Selfishness

Ayn Rand was born in Russia, graduated from the University of Leningrad, and in 1926 came to the United States where she was naturalized. Her first novel, We the Living, was published in 1936. With the publication of The Fountainhead in 1943, she achieved a spectacular and enduring success and her unique philosophy, objectivism, gained a worldwide following.