Esther Belin is a poet and artist from the Navajo Nation (Diné). Her single-volume poetry book From the Belly of My Beauty was published in1999 and won the American Book Award.
Recently, she co-editedThe Diné Reader: An Anthology of Navajo Literature that was published in 2021 and on the Lists of Best Books, 2010-2023 of the American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL).
Belin received title of the inaugural poet laureate of Durango, Colorado (2024–2026) and a 2025 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow.
Education Belin attended the following institutions for higher education degrees: the University of California, Berkeley, the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Antioch University.
Published Works Poetry Belin's books , including "Bringing Hannah Home", "Blues-ing on the Brown Vibe", and "Night Travel"
Within other books
Editor , with other editors
See also List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas
References
External links
Poetry Foundation - Esther Belin