Behn

/ bɛn /

noun

1. Aphra (ˈæfrə). 1640–89, English dramatist and novelist, best known for her play The Rover (1678) and her novel Oroonoko (1688)

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Princess Märtha Louise's three daughters from her first marriage, to the late Norwegian writer Ari Behn, were also at the ceremony.

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The princess – a former equestrian and the eldest of Norwegian King Harald’s two children – was previously married to the late writer and artist Ari Behn, with whom he had three daughters - Maud, Leah and Emma.

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Mr Behn, who had discussed suffering from depression, died on Christmas Day 2019.

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An extremely rare first edition copy of the 1688 novel Oroonoko by Aphra Behn has been found in Kent.

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The life and works of Behn - credited as the world’s first professional woman writer - are currently being celebrated at an exhibition at her home town Canterbury's Beaney House of Art & Knowledge.

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