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Enheduanna: The world’s first named author
- dr_dshiv 4y agoApparently, 45 of her songs and poems survive—from 2200BC. Or, just one. It’s a debate. Either way, amazing that material like this survives. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enheduanna https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enheduanna Here is a translation of one of her poems: https://babylonian-collection.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Hallo_Van%20Dijk%20(1968)%20-%20Exaltation%20of%20Inanna_YNER%203.pdf https://babylonian-collection.yale.edu/sites/default/files/f...
- bazoom42 4y ago> When people ask who is the first author, they never guess anyone in Mesopotamia I’m surprised by that, I thougt Mesopotamia was well known to have some of the oldest human writing.
- atoav 4y agoI wanted to say: Mesopotamia would have been first on my list. The question however is "Who is the first author", to which I would say it cannot be answered. If we are speaking about the first known author that would be something different.
- noneeeed 4y agoI don’t think it’s as well known as you or I might assume. I’ve been fascinated by early writing for a long time and I often find people are unaware that writing like this (rather than transactional stuff) goes back that far.
- bmikaili 4y agoThe average person does not even know where Iraq is let alone Mesopotamia
- paulmd 4y agoNow there's a Tolkein name