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Chimwemwe Undi
Canadian writer (born 1994) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 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.
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