Enheduanna

Enheduanna

Enheduanna (Sumerian: 𒂗𒃶𒌌𒀭𒈾 Enḫéduanna, also transliterated as Enheduana, En-he2-du7-an-na, or variants) was the entu (high) priestess of the moon god Nanna (Sīn) in the Sumerian city-state of Ur in the reign of her father, Sargon of Akkad (r. c. 2334 – c. 2279 BCE). She was likely appointed by her father as the leader of the religious group at Ur to cement ties between the Akkadian religion of her father and the native Sumerian religion. Enheduanna has been celebrated as the earliest known named author in world history, as a number of works in Sumerian literature, such as the Exaltation of Inanna feature her as the first-person narrator, and other works, such as the Sumerian Temple Hymns may identify her as their author. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Enheduanna has received more than 820,723 page views. Her biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Enheduanna is the 463rd most popular writer (up from 480th in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Iraq (down from 36th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Iraqi Writer.

Enheduanna is most famous for being the first known female author in the world. She was a high priestess and the daughter of Sargon, the founder of the Akkadian Empire.