Evangelina Vigil-Piñón is a Chicana poet, children's book author, director, translator, and television personality.

Contents

• 1 Life
• 2 Awards
• 3 Works
  • 3.1 Editor
  • 3.2 Translator
  • 3.3 Anthologies
• 4 Further reading
• 5 References

Life

Her mother's family emigrated to Texas in the early 1900s from Parras, Mexico. As a child, Vigil-Piñón lived with her maternal grandmother. Her interest in literature started since she was a little girl. As a sixth grader, her principal sent her to the Inman Christian Center, a private art school in San Antonio, where she was in attendance with people in their twenties. Vigil-Piñón earned a scholarship for business administration and started school at Prairie View A&M University.She graduated from University of Houston. She studied at St. Mary's University, and University of Texas at San Antonio.She was *istant editor of Americas Review.She teaches Mexican American and U.S. Hispanic literature as an adjunct lecturer at University of Houston. She currently is a television journalist extensively involved in community affairs with ABC-KTRK TV Channel 13 in Houston, Texas. Married Mark Anthony Piñón in 1983; they had a son, Marc-Antony Piñón, in 1984.

Awards

• 1983 American Book Award
• National Endowment for the Arts Fellow

Works

• Nade y Nade, M&A Editions, 1978
• Thirty an' Seen a Lot. Arte Público Press. 1982. ISBN:978-0-934770-13-2.
• The Computer is Down. Arte Publico Press. 1987. ISBN:978-0-934770-32-3.
• Marina's Muumuu / El muumuu de Marina. Illustrator Pablo Torrecilla. Arte Público Press. 2001. ISBN:978-1-55885-350-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

Editor

• Evangelina Vigil-Piñón, ed. (1987). Woman of Her Word: Hispanic Woman Write. Arte Público Press. ISBN:978-0-934770-27-9.
• Julián Olivares; Evangelina Vigil-Piñón, eds. (1993). Decade II: an anniversary anthology. Arte Publico Press. ISBN:978-1-55885-062-0.

Translator

• Tomás Rivera (1995). Y no se lo tragó la tierra / And the Earth Did Not Devour Him. Arte Público Press. ISBN:978-1-55885-083-5.
• *o Campos (2001). Muffler man. Translator Evangelina Vigil-Piñón, Illustrator Lamberto Alvarez. Arte Publico Press. ISBN:978-1-55885-318-8.

Anthologies

• Roberta Fernández, ed. (1994). In other words: literature by Latinas of the United States. Arte Publico Press. p.:233. ISBN:978-1-55885-110-8. Evangelina Vigil pinon.

Further reading

• Art at Our Doorstep: San Antonio Writers and Artists featuring Evangelina Vigil-Piñón. Edited by Nan Cuba and Riley Robinson (Trinity University Press, 2008).

References