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In The Word
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Enheduana: The Complete Poems of the World's First Author Paperback:Paperback In The WordThe complete poems of the priestess Enheduana, the worlds first known author, newly translated from the original Sumerian 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 attributed to her are hymns of great power. They are a rare flash of the female voice in the often male dominated