Esther Belin


Esther Belin is a poet and artist from the Navajo Nation. 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.
Belin received title of the inaugural poet laureate of Durango, Colorado as well as the 2025 .

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
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