Ladan Osman (Somali: Laadan Cismaan, Arabic: لادان عثمان) is a Somali-American poet and teacher.
Her poetry is centered on her Somali and Muslim heritage, and has been published in a number of prominent literary magazines.
[1] Her poems have also appeared in former US Poet Laureate Ted Kooser's syndicated newspaper column, "American Life in Poetry".
[1] Her first full-length collection, The Kitchen-Dweller's Testimony, was published in 2015 and was decorated with the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets.
[5][6] In February 2014, Osman was named the winner of the annual Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets for her collection The Kitchen Dweller's Testimony.