Chimwemwe Undi

Chimwemwe (Chim) Undi (born 1994 or 1995) is a Canadian poet and lawyer from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is the Poet Laureate of Winnipeg from 2022 to 2024.

Born in Winnipeg, Undi moved to Namibia at age two, before moving back to Manitoba as a child. 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 and is poetry editor for CV2 magazine. Undi was appointed the third Poet Laureate of Winnipeg in 2022.

Her first collection of poetry ''Scientific Marvel'' was published by House of Anansi Press in 2024. The book was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2024 Governor General's Awards. Provided by Wikipedia