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Aphra Behn
Aphra Behn was an English playwright, poet, prose writer and translator from the Restoration era. As one of the first English women to earn her living by her writing, she broke cultural barriers and served as a literary role model for later generations of women authors. Rising from obscurity, she came to the notice of Charles II, who employed her as a spy in Antwerp. Upon her return to London and…
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culture · English playwright, poet and spy (1640–1689) · playwright · translator · poet · writer · novelist · women's rights activist · also Aphra Behn, Astrea, Aphra Johnson, Afra Behn, Behn
Born 10 July 1640 · Died 16 April 1689 · Q231886
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Oroonoko was republished in 1973, Love Letters between a Nobleman and His Sister was published again in 1987 and The Lucky Chance was reprinted in 1988
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Montague Summers, an author of scholarly works on the English drama of the 17th century, published a six-volume collection of her work, in hopes of rehabilitating her reputation
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Died 1689-04-16.
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“O dinheiro fala sensatamente numa língua que todas as nações entendem.”
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“Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.”
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Born 1640-07-10.
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