ARGONAUT BOOKS

The complete poems of the priestess Enheduana, the world's first known author, newly translated from the original Sumerian Reviews "Helle's translation feels urgent, incandescent, stripped of academic cladding. . . . The growing popularity of Enheduana gives all of us readers a chance to discover another lineage-and to bring this poet and her imagination flashing back to life again."-Nilanjana Roy, Financial Times"This book is the ideal introduction to the priestess-poet. As well as being a first-rate Assyriologist, Helle is a gifted poet himself, and he presents us with tra...Read More