Rand was born in a Jewish family in St. Petersburg, Russia. She is the eldest of four daughters (Ai Lisha, Natasha and Nora). Her parents are Zinovina rosenbaum and Anna Borisona rosenbaum, both of whom are agnostics and atheists. She was interested in literature and movies when she was young. She started writing screenplays and novels at the age of seven.

Her mother taught her French and subscribed to a magazine for boys. In the serial story of the magazine, Rand discovered her first childhood hero: Cyrus Paltons, a fictional story of an Indian officer named "Mysterious Valley". When she was a child, she read the works of romantic writers such as Scott and Dumas, and expressed her strong enthusiasm for the romantic movement. /kloc-When she was 0/3 years old, she began to get in touch with victor hugo's works and soon fell in love with his novels. Later, she called Hugo her favorite novelist and the greatest novelist in the world.

19 17 When the Russian Revolution broke out, Rand was only 12 years old, and her originally peaceful life was disrupted by the rise of the Bolsheviks. Her father's drugstore was confiscated by the Soviet government, and the whole family fled to Crimea to restore economic conditions. 192 1 When Crimea was also captured by the Bolsheviks, Rand burned her diary to avoid finding strong anti-Soviet remarks. Rand then returned to St. Petersburg ("Petrograd") University to study. She studied philosophy and history at Petrograd University. During her college years, her main literary readers were Friedrich Schiller, Dostoevsky and Edmond Rostand. She appreciates the romantic imagination in Rastan's works, Schiller's gorgeous style and heroic layout. She appreciates Dostoevsky's sense of drama and strong moral judgment, but she strongly opposes his philosophy and his attitude towards life. She completed three years of courses in the social education department of the university, including history, philosophy and law, and successfully obtained a diploma. 1924 10 10/0/3). She also came into contact with Nietzsche's philosophical thoughts and appreciated his heroic worship of independent individuals who believed in egoism and opposed altruism in Zarathustra. But later, after she came into contact with more Nietzsche's works and found that his philosophical center was "strength is truth", she was quite disgusted with his philosophical view.

Rand continued to write short stories and screenplays. She entered the Academy of Film Arts on 1924 to study screenplay creation; However, at the end of 1925, she obtained a visa to visit relatives in the United States. 1926 In February, she arrived in the United States, when she was only 2 1 year old. She arrived in new york Port by cruise, and new york finally became her hometown. She was deeply moved by the endless skyscrapers in new york. Later, she wrote in the novel:

"I am willing to give up the most spectacular sunset in the world just to see the skyscrapers in new york, which extend to the horizon of new york. Human willpower is so obvious. Do we need more faith? I feel that if there is a threat of war here, I will throw myself into the sky and protect it with my body. "

After she went to Chicago to spend a short time with her relatives, she made up her mind never to return to the Soviet Union and decided to go to Hollywood to become a playwright. Later, she changed her name to "Einland". Rumor has it that she changed her name because of Remington Rand's typewriter, but in fact she changed her name to Ain Rand before the typewriter went on sale. Rand pointed out that her surname comes from a surname made up of Cyrillic letters. Later, Ain Rand's research also pointed out that Rand's surname is similar to the Cyrillic letter of her surname "Rozenbaum". She pointed out that her name "Ai Yin" comes from a Finnish writer, probably Aino Kallas, a Finnish-Estonian writer, but this name is quite common in Finnish-speaking areas.

At first, Rand went to Hollywood to make a living by doing odd jobs. In an accidental face-to-face audition, she was attracted by the famous director Cecil B. Demir, which got her a job as an extra, played a mass role in Wang Zhongwang, and then served as a script reviewer. At the same time, she is also a conductor in the clothing department of RKO Pictures.

While working in Hollywood, she met the young actor Frank O 'Connor, who deeply loved him and actively pursued him. They got married in April of 1929 and 15. Their marriage lasted for 50 years until O 'Connor died at the age of 82 in 1979. Rand obtained American citizenship at 193 1; She is deeply proud of America. Later, she gave a speech to the graduates of West Point Military Academy: "I can say that this is by no means a patriotic cliche, but based on the complete wisdom of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, politics and aesthetics. The United States of America is the greatest, noblest and only moral country in the history of the world."