Chimwemwe Undi

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Chimwemwe Undi
OccupationPoet, Lawyer
NationalityCanadian
Period2020s–present
Notable worksScientific Marvel
Website
www.chimwemweundi.com

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 was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Award and the Raymond Souster Award in 2025. [7]

She was named Canada's 11th Parliamentary Poet Laureate on January 29, 2025.

References

  1. ↑ "Winnipeg poet Chimwemwe Undi selected as Canada's 11th parliamentary poet laureate". Winnipeg Free Press . January 29, 2025.
  2. ↑ A.V. Kitching (December 7, 2022). "Weighing her words". Winnipeg Free Press.
  3. ↑ "Chimwemwe Undi". Poetry in Voice. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
  4. ↑ "The Poetry of Why: poet Chimwemwe Undi on a lifetime of questions in verse". CBC.ca. March 13, 2024.
  5. ↑ Wanda Praamsma (February 28, 2024). "Four books of Canadian poetry to read this month". Toronto Star .
  6. ↑ Cassandra Drudi, "Jordan Abel, Niigaan Sinclair among 2024 Governor General’s award winners". Quill & Quire , November 13, 2024.
  7. ↑ Cassandra Drudi, "Shortlists announced for 2025 LCP Book Awards". Quill & Quire , May 7, 2025.
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