Aphra Behn
/ˌæfrə ˈben/
/ˌæfrə ˈben/
- (1640-89) an English writer of plays, novels and poems. She was probably the first professional woman writer in England. Her best-known works include the play The Rover (1678) and the novel Oroonoko (1688), an attack on slavery.
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