Enheduanna: A Tribute To The World's First Ever Poet

In today's world, where people can read their favorite title with the click of a button from various eBook sites like Mediavex, it becomes increasingly difficult to stay up with the news. However, history is easy to grasp and follow if you know what sources to believe. It is one such historical evidence that points to the very existence of the beginning of poetry.

Although works by legends like Maya Angelou, William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, Sylvia Path etc. have gained critical acclaim, the world's first poet still remains in the shadow for the most part. Her name was Enheduanna and she was born 4200 years ago in today's Southern Iraq. She used to write poems, edit hymns, and even taught other women to write.

Archaeologists discovered her works in the 1920s and it was eventually published in English in the 1960s. She does not appear in any of the history text books or in any of the pop-culture references. There are only two known instances where she does seem to make an appearance. One is when Neil deGrasse Tyson speaks about her in his show and the other one when Betty Meador, a Jungian analyst, saw a dream that eventually translated into her writing a book about Enheduanna.

Most of Enheduanna's composition is dedicated to or praising the goddess Inanna. Some of her works can be found on various eBook reader sites. Sites like Mediavex feature various other poets and authors whose works have garnered critical acclaim unlike Enheduanna, who has almost been forgotten but her legacy lingers!