Explore the world of Enheduana
Now celebrated as the first known author in literary history, Enheduana was a princess and priestess who lived more than four thousands years ago.
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News
It’s not often that an author from over 4,000 years ago is in the news. But when she is, you’ll find it here.
- Agnes Obel’s Meaning of FlowersA new album by Danish singer-songerwriter Agnes Obel, The Meaning of Flowers, features several tracks inspired by Enheduana’s hymns to Inana. Obel says of “Blood so Red” that the ExaltationContinue reading “Agnes Obel’s Meaning of Flowers”
- New book: Song from the SandsEllen Rachlin’s debut novel, Enheduanna’s Song From the Sands, mixes myth and history to retell the life of Enheduana, foregrounding her conflict with the rebel leader Lugal-ane and Enheduana’s needContinue reading “New book: Song from the Sands”
- Enheduana in ScottishThe poet Robert Crawford has published a new Scottish translation of Enheduana’s Exaltation in the LRB: “Wi ‘This’ll dae! Eneuch!’ I hae gied birth, / O Leddy on heich, taeContinue reading “Enheduana in Scottish”
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