Chimwemwe Undi
Chimwemwe Undi | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Poet, Lawyer |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 2020s–present |
| Notable works | Scientific Marvel |
| Website | |
| www | |
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.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Cassandra Drudi, "Jordan Abel, Niigaan Sinclair among 2024 Governor General’s award winners". Quill & Quire, November 13, 2024.
- ^ "Marc Perez, Bren Simmers and Chimwemwe Undi win 2025 League of Canadian Poets prizes". CBC Books, May 20, 2025.
- ^ Cassandra Drudi, "Shortlists announced for 2025 LCP Book Awards". Quill & Quire, May 7, 2025.
External links
[edit | edit source]Lua error in Module:Authority_control at line 153: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Canada  | This article about a poet from Canada is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
.svg){kind=link}
- Writers from Winnipeg
- 21st-century Canadian poets
- Canadian women poets
- Living people
- Municipal poets laureate in Canada
- Black Canadian women poets
- 21st-century Canadian women writers
- Governor General's Award–winning poets
- Canadian parliamentary poets laureate
- Black Canadian poets
- Poets from Manitoba
- Canadian poet stubs