Chimwemwe Undi
Chimwemwe Undi | |
|---|---|
| Occupations | Poet, Lawyer |
| Writing career | |
| Period | 2020s–present |
| Notable work | Scientific Marvel |
| Website | www |
Chimwemwe 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]
Undi's 2017 debut pamphlet The Habitual Be was published by Akashic Books and included in the collection New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set, edited by Chris Abani and Kwame Dawes.[5]
Her first full-length collection of poetry Scientific Marvel was published by House of Anansi Press in 2024.[6] The book was the winner of the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2024 Governor General's Awards,[7] and the Raymond Souster Award in 2025.[8] The book was also shortlisted for the 2025 Gerald Lampert Award.[9]
She was named Canada's 11th Parliamentary Poet Laureate on January 29, 2025.
References
- ↑ "Winnipeg poet Chimwemwe Undi selected as Canada's 11th parliamentary poet laureate". Winnipeg Free Press. January 29, 2025.
- ↑ A.V. Kitching (December 7, 2022). "Weighing her words". Winnipeg Free Press.
- ↑ "Chimwemwe Undi". Poetry in Voice. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
- ↑ "The Poetry of Why: poet Chimwemwe Undi on a lifetime of questions in verse". CBC.ca. March 13, 2024.
- ↑ "New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Nne)". Akashic Books. 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ↑ Wanda Praamsma (February 28, 2024). "Four books of Canadian poetry to read this month". Toronto Star.
- ↑ 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.