Enheduana: The Complete Poems of the World's First Author

Title: Enheduana: The Complete Poems of the World's First Author Author: Sophus Helle ISBN: 9780300276763 Publisher: Yale University Press Published: 2024 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: New New from the publisher Poetry 1592765 Publisher Description: The complete poems of the priestess Enheduana, the world's first known author, newly translated from the original Sumerian "Helle's translation feels urgent, incandescent, stripped of academic cladding. . . . The growing popularity of Enheduana gives all of us readers a chance to discover another lineage--and to bring this poet and her imagination flashing back to life again."--Nilanjana Roy, Financial Times Enheduana was a high priestess and royal princess who lived in Ur, in what is now southern Iraq, about 2300 BCE. Not only does Enheduana have the distinction of being the first author whose name we know, but the poems