The New York Times

In Search of Enheduanna, the Woman Who Was History’s First Named Author

“She Who Wrote,” an exhibition at the Morgan Library, explores the world of an ancient Mesopotamian priestess who wrote with a strikingly personal voice. By Jennifer Schuessler It was a random morning ...
BBC

Enheduanna: The world's first named author

A little-known Mesopotamian poet and priestess, Enheduanna, is the subject of a new exhibition in New York. Diane Cole explores her influence – and looks at how she helped create a common system of ...
Time Out

The world’s first writer was a woman and this new exhibit at The Morgan celebrates her

Pop quiz: Who’s the world’s first author? “If you ask most people who the first known author is, you will always get a man and usually it will be Homer,” Sidney Babcock, a curator at The Morgan ...
Indiatimes

Did you know that the world's first author was a woman?

Enheduanna was a gifted priestess with poetry talents. Her texts figure among the most beautiful Sumerian literary works. They reflect her devotion to Inanna, goddess of love and war and patroness of ...
GIGAZINE

Who is the world's oldest writer 'Enheduanna'?

The world's oldest script is known to be the cuneiform script used by ancient Mesopotamia more than 5,000 years ago. On the other hand, the world's oldest writers who used letters to create stories ...
AINA

Enheduanna: Princess, Priestess and the World's First Known Author

The Disk of Enheduanna. (Zunkir/Mefman00/Wikimedia Commons) The world's first known author is widely considered to be Enheduanna, a woman who lived in the 23rd century BC in ancient Mesopotamia ...