Behn, Aphra
(1640–89)English playwright and novelist. Reputed to be the first woman to earn a living by her pen, details about Behn's life are notoriously unreliable. She was a prolific playwright with at least nineteen plays produced during her lifetime and two more produced posthumously. The first, ... ...
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