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Enheduanna

2300 BC - 2300 BC

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Enheduanna (Sumerian: 𒂗𒃶𒌌𒀭𒈾 Enḫéduanna, also transliterated as Enheduana, En-he2-du7-an-na, or variants; fl. c. 2300 BC) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Enheduanna is the 394th most popular writer (down from 375th in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Iraq and the 4th 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.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Enheduanna ranks 394 out of 7,302. Before her are Auguste Escoffier, Cornelius Nepos, Elena Ferrante, Sylvia Plath, Paul Éluard, and Octavio Paz. After her are Joseph Roth, Christopher Marlowe, Giosuè Carducci, Harry Martinson, Aulus Cornelius Celsus, and Frank Herbert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 2300 BC, Enheduanna ranks 2. Before her is Sargon of Akkad. After her are Merenre Nemtyemsaf II, Autobiography of Harkhuf, Neferkare Neby, Dudu of Akkad, Puzur-Inshushinak, Erridupizir, Pamba, Ankhesenpepi IV, and Iput II. Among people deceased in 2300 BC, Enheduanna ranks 1. After her are Rimush, Ur-Zababa, Erridupizir, and Pamba.

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    Enheduanna

    WRITER

    2300 BC - 2300 BC

    HPI: 74.16

    Rank: 1

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    Rimush

    POLITICIAN

    HPI: 64.11

    Rank: 2

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    Ur-Zababa

    POLITICIAN

    2350 BC - 2300 BC

    HPI: 59.58

    Rank: 3

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    Erridupizir

    POLITICIAN

    2300 BC - 2300 BC

    HPI: 58.94

    Rank: 4

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    Pamba

    POLITICIAN

    2300 BC - 2300 BC

    HPI: 58.03

    Rank: 5

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Enheduanna ranks 36 out of 384. Before her are Ahmad Sanjar (1100), Jalal Talabani (1933), Šuppiluliuma I (-1344), Eber (-2038), Antiochus I Soter (-324), and Sinsharishkun (-700). After her are Ahmad ibn Fadlan (900), Ismail al-Jazari (1136), Al-Mu'tasim (796), Gudea (-2200), Abdul Latif Rashid (1944), and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (1971).

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Among WRITERS In Iraq

Among writers born in Iraq, Enheduanna ranks 4. Before her are Al-Masudi (896), Fuzûlî (1494), and Ahmad ibn Hanbal (780). After her are Ahmad ibn Fadlan (900), Berossus (-400), Al-Mutanabbi (915), Ibn Sirin (653), Ibn al-Jawzi (1116), Ibn Khallikan (1211), Karim Findi (1946), and Ibn al-Nadim (1000).

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