Enheduanna Enheduanna
Personal Information
Born: 2286 BCE
Died: 2251BCE
Country of Birth: Mesopotamia
Nationality: Akkadian Empire
Ethnicity: Assyrian
Education
Unknown
Professional Life
Field of Study: Historian; Poet; Author
Institution/Corporation: None
Degrees & Memberships: None
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 2015 a crater on Mercury was named for her
Achievements: earliest known named author in world history; was rediscovered by archeologists in 1927; is believed to have written "The Exaltation of Inanna," "Inanna & Ebih," & Sumerian temple hymns
there is significant debate among scholars as to which poems &/or parts of poems were written by her
there are a possible 42 temple hymns & 3 stand-alone poems attributed to her
was an Entu priestess of the moon god Nanna in the Sumerian city-state of UR in the reign of her father, Sargon of Akkad
is the worlds first known poet & author