Chimwemwe Undi | |
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| Occupation | Poet, Lawyer |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 2020s–present |
| Notable works | Scientific Marvel |
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Chimwemwe (Chim) Undi (born 1994 or 1995) is a Canadian poet and lawyer from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is the current Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate, and was poet laureate of Winnipeg for 2023 and 2024. [1]
Born in Winnipeg, Undi moved to Namibia at age two, before moving back to Manitoba as a child. [2] She attended high school at Fort Richmond Collegiate, before embarking on a career in law. In 2022, she won the John Hirsch Emerging Manitoba Writer Award at the Manitoba Book Awards. [3] Undi was appointed the third Winnipeg Poet Laureate in 2022. [4]
Her first collection of poetry Scientific Marvel was published by House of Anansi Press in 2024. [5] The book was the winner of the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2024 Governor General's Awards, [6] and the Raymond Souster Award in 2025. [7] The book was also shortlisted for the 2025 Gerald Lampert Award. [8]
She was named Canada's 11th Parliamentary Poet Laureate on January 29, 2025.
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