Lesley Belleau

Lesley Belleau
Born1976 (age 49–50)
Alma materUniversity of Windsor (MA)
Notable awardsPat Lowther Award
2018 Indianland

Lesley Belleau is an Anishinaabe writer from Canada.[1] She is most noted for her 2017 poetry collection Indianland,[2] which won the Pat Lowther Award in 2018.[3]

She is a member of the Garden River First Nation near Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. She earned a Master of Arts in English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Windsor,[4] and is a PhD candidate in Indigenous studies at Trent University.[5] As of 2022, she was a Pre-Doctoral Fellow at Queen's University.[6]

References

  1. ^ Patrick, Ryan B. (2017-11-29). "How Lesley Belleau celebrates the Ojibwe language with her latest poetry collection". CBC. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  2. ^ "Indianland". CBC. 2017-08-15. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
  3. ^ "The League of Canadian Poets announces winners of the 2018 Annual Poetry Awards". Quill and Quire. 2018-06-18. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  4. ^ "Lesley Belleau". Kegedonce Press. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
  5. ^ "Lesley Belleau". ARP Books. 2020-12-17. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
  6. ^ jdelong (2022-04-07). "LSSU Library Poetry Series Presents Lesley Belleau". LSSU Library Outreach. Retrieved 2026-03-08.