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April 16, 1689 (48 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Sagittarius
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Celebrities born on December 14
Born in 1640
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Aphra Behn
Aphra Behn is an English Renaissance writer, poet, translator, and fiction writer. One of the first British women to make a living writing, she broke cultural barriers and served as a literary role model for later generations of authors. Stepping out from the shadows, she caught the attention of Charles II, who hired her as a spy in Antwerp. After returning to London and possibly spending a short time in the debtors' prison, she began writing for the stage. She belonged to a faction of famous poets and libertines writers such as John Wilmot and Lord Rochester. She wrote under the pen directory Astrea. During the tumultuous political period of the crisis of exclusion, she wrote an epilogue and an opening that left her in legal trouble; after that she devoted most of her work to the prose and translation genres. A staunch supporter of the Stuart line, she refused an invitation from Bishop Burnet to write a poem welcoming the new King William III. She died shortly after.
BornCanterbury, Kingdom of England
Baptised14 December 1640
Died16 April 1689 (aged 48), London, England
Resting placeWestminster Abbey
OccupationNovelist, dramatist, poet
Spouse(s)Johan Behn

About Aphra Behn

Playwright Aphra Behn was born on December 14, 1640 in England (She dies at the age of 48, on April 16, 1689).

She is most known for plays including The Rover, Sir Patient Fancy, and The Feigned Courtesans, which she wrote during the Restoration Era. Oroonoko and Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister are two of her novels.

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Aphra Behn before becoming famous

Aphra Behn was born in the Zodiac sign Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer), and 1640 is also the year of Dragon (龍) in the Chinese Zodiac.

She traveled to several places in her younger years, including Venezuela and Africa. Her first dramatic piece, The Forced Marriage, was published in 1670.

Achievement of Aphra Behn

She worked for the English government as a political spy.

Aphra Behn's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

She was born in the English city of Canterbury. Johan Behn's early death cut short her marriage to him.

Aphra Behn Collabed with

Novelist Virginia Woolf, the author, praised her.

Virginia Woolf (1882 - 1941) (Novelist)
Virginia Woolf (1882 - 1941)

Novelist

Aphra Behn Income & Net worth

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