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Sahakdukht

700 - 800

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Sahakdukht (Armenian: Սահակադուխտ, lit. 'daughter of Sahak'; fl. early 8th century) was an Armenian hymnographer, poet and pedagogue who lived during the early 8th century. She is the first known woman of Armenian literature and music. Along with her slightly later contemporary Khosrovidukht, she is among the earliest woman composers in history. Sahakdukht and her brother Stepanos Siunetsi, who became a noted composer and music theorist, were educated in Dvin. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sahakdukht is the 4,006th most popular writer (up from 5,343rd in 2019). (up from 4,159th in 2019)

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Among writers, Sahakdukht ranks 4,006 out of 7,302. Before her are Bharatendu Harishchandra, Simin Behbahani, Alykul Osmonov, Carmen Martín Gaite, Herbert Achternbusch, and Bei Dao. After her are Gustaf Fröding, Jan Kott, Jules Lemaître, Marcel Arland, Ibn Bibi, and Ferdinand Bruckner.

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Among people born in 700, Sahakdukht ranks 54. Before her are Ka'b ibn Zuhayr, Jayavarman I, Adrian of Canterbury, Soga no Iruka, Hieda no Are, and Catald. After her are Alahis, Transamund II of Spoleto, Gregoria, Grimoald of Bavaria, Swæfberht of Essex, and Seaxburh of Wessex. Among people deceased in 800, Sahakdukht ranks 14. Before her are Eudokia, wife of Constantine V, Alkmund of Derby, Theodora of Khazaria, Al-Hurr ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Thaqafi, Charibert of Laon, and Teodato Ipato.

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