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]

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 the Raymond Souster Award in 2025.^[7] The book was also shortlisted for the 2025 Gerald Lampert Award.^[8]

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

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• Official website

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