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]

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.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimwemwe_Undi
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