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Aphra Behn

DOB - DOD

1640 -16 April 1689)

Home Town

Canterbury, England

Stage Debut

1670

Aphra Behn was an English playwright, poet, and novelist, and one of the first English women to earn a living through writing. Her notable works include the play The Rover and the novel Oroonoko. Behn’s contributions to literature and her role as a female writer in the Restoration period have been widely studied and celebrated.


Works by Aphra Behn

The Lucky Chance

The Lucky Chance

1984

Aphra Behn