Chimwemwe Undi

{{Short description|Canadian writer (born 1994)}}

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| occupation = Poet, Lawyer

| period = 2020s–present

| nationality = Canadian

| notableworks = Scientific Marvel

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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.{{cite web|title=Winnipeg poet Chimwemwe Undi selected as Canada's 11th parliamentary poet laureate|website=Winnipeg Free Press |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/parliamentary-poet-laureate-chimwemwe-undi-1.7445121|date=January 29, 2025}}

Born in Winnipeg, Undi moved to Namibia at age two, before moving back to Manitoba as a child.{{cite web|title=Weighing her words|publisher=Winnipeg Free Press|author=A.V. Kitching|url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/2022/12/07/weighing-her-words|date=December 7, 2022}} 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.{{cite web|title=Chimwemwe Undi|publisher=Poetry in Voice|url=https://poetryinvoice.ca/read/poets/chimwemwe-undi|accessdate=September 14, 2024}} Undi was appointed the third Winnipeg Poet Laureate in 2022.{{cite web|title=The Poetry of Why: poet Chimwemwe Undi on a lifetime of questions in verse|publisher=CBC.ca|url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/chimwemwe-undi-1.7142402|date=March 13, 2024}}

Her first collection of poetry Scientific Marvel was published by House of Anansi Press in 2024.{{cite web|title=Four books of Canadian poetry to read this month|website=Toronto Star |author=Wanda Praamsma|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/four-books-of-canadian-poetry-to-read-this-month-and-soothe-your-soul/article_6c1c9a34-d4c0-11ee-86e7-67743567f012.html|date=February 28, 2024}} The book was the winner of the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2024 Governor General's Awards,Cassandra Drudi, [https://quillandquire.com/omni/jordan-abel-niigaan-sinclair-among-2024-governor-generals-award-winners/ "Jordan Abel, Niigaan Sinclair among 2024 Governor General’s award winners"]. Quill & Quire, November 13, 2024. and was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Award and the Raymond Souster Award in 2025.Cassandra Drudi, [https://quillandquire.com/omni/shortlists-announced-for-2025-lcp-book-awards/ "Shortlists announced for 2025 LCP Book Awards"]. Quill & Quire, May 7, 2025.

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