Esther Belin

Esther Belin
Belin at the 2025 National Book Festival in Washington D.C.
OccupationAuthor
Education
Literary movementWorks based upon Navajo philosophy of Saah Naagháí Bik’eh Hózho
Notable worksFrom the Belly of My Beauty, "Of Cartography: Poems (Sun Tracks)"
Notable awardsAmerican Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation (2000)

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) as well as the 2025 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow.

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