Biography of Ayn Rand
A story Never to For get
In the Beggining
Ayn Rand was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, on February 2, 1905. When she was six she taught herself to read and not long after she was reading fictional books. Ayn liked the mysticism and collectivism of Russian culture. She liked to think of herself as a European writer. Especially after meeting Victor Hugo. Her favorite witer. While in high school Ayn witnesses 2 revolutions and had to move away. Her family went to Crimea. There she finished high school. Ayn was introduced to American history while in her last year of high school. She immediately took America as her model of what a nation of free men could be.
All Grown Up
When her family cameback from the Crimea, she entered the University of Petrograd to study philosophy and history. She graduated in 1924 and she seen the takeover of the university by communist thugs. She loved Western films and plays. Long an admirer of cinema. She later beggin to study screenwriting.