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Enheduanna

2300 BC - 2300 BC

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Her biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2024). Enheduanna is the 393rd most popular writer (down from 375th in 2024), 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 393 out of 7,302Before 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 2Before 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 1After her are Rimush, Ur-Zababa, Erridupizir, and Pamba.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Enheduanna ranks 36 out of NaNBefore 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 4Before 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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