Simplify the following text for a Grade 6 native English-speaking person.
Original: Aphra Behn ( 10 July 1640 â `` 16 April 1689 ) was a prolific dramatist of the English Restoration and was one of the first English professional female writers .
Simplified: Aphra Behn ( 10 July 1640 â `` 16 April 1689 ) was an English playwright .