Draft:Chimwemwe Undi
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Chimwemwe Undi is a Black poet, spoken word artist, editor, and lawyer from Winnipeg, Manitoba.[1][2] She is Winnipeg's third Poet Laureate, serving from 2023 to 2024.[3]
After immigrating to Winnipeg with her family, Undi began writing and performing poetry at 16 through her high school's slam poetry club. She went on to complete a Bachelor of the Arts (Adv) in linguistics at the University of Manitoba and a Master of the Arts at York University in Toronto. Following a passion for law, she decided to return to Winnipeg to complete her law degree at the University of Manitoba.[1][4][5]
Undi is the author of two books: the chapbook The Habitual Be[6] and the forthcoming poetry collection, Scientific Marvel.[2] She has been recognized as one of CBC Manitoba’s Future 40,[4] and she won the John Hirsch Emerging Manitoba Writer Award at the 2022 Manitoba Book Awards.[7] Her work has been published in Prairie Fire, CV2 Magazine, Border Crossings, and The Walrus.[8][9]
Undi practices law with Thompson Dorfman Sweatman in Winnipeg.[3]
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- ^ a b "Scientific Marvel". House of Anansi Press. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ^ a b "Winnipeg Poet Laureate". winnipegarts.ca. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ^ a b "Future 40 finalist uses poem to describe systemic anti-Black racism during leadership conference". CBC. April 7, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
- ^ arts (2022-11-01). "Love in the time of climate crisis". The Manitoban. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ^ "Undi, Chimwemwe". African Poetry Book Fund. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ^ "Manitoba Book Awards / Les Prix du livre du Manitoba 2022 Winners / Gagnants 2022" (PDF). Manitoba Book Awards. 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
- ^ "Chimwemwe Undi named new Winnipeg poet laureate - Quill and Quire". Quill and Quire - Canada's magazine of book news and reviews. 2022-12-05. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ^ "Three Poems". bordercrossingsmag.com. Retrieved 2023-12-01.