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Evangelina Vigil-Piñón

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Evangelina Vigil-Piñón
Born (1949-11-29) November 29, 1949 (age 74)
San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Occupationpoet, novelist, director, translator
LanguageEnglish
GenreRomance fiction

Evangelina Vigil-Piñón is a Chicana poet, children's book author, director,[1] translator, and television personality.

Life

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Her mother's family emigrated to Texas in the early 1900s from Parras, Mexico. As a child, Vigil-Piñón lived with her maternal grandmother.[1] 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.[1] Vigil-Piñón earned a scholarship for business administration and started school at Prairie View A&M University. She graduated from University of Houston.[citation needed] [2] She studied at St. Mary's University, and University of Texas at San Antonio. She was assistant editor of Americas Review.[2] She teaches Mexican American and U.S. Hispanic literature as an adjunct lecturer[3] at University of Houston.[4] She currently is a television journalist extensively involved in community affairs with ABC-KTRK TV Channel 13 in Houston, Texas.[5] Married Mark Anthony Piñón[6] in 1983; they had a son, Marc-Antony Piñón,[7] in 1984.[8]

Awards

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Works

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  • 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.

Editor

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Translator

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Anthologies

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Voces from the Gaps" (PDF). University of Minnesota. 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Evangelina Vigil-Piñón", In other words: literature by Latinas of the United States, Roberta Fernández, Jean Franco, p. 233
  3. ^ "Evangelina Vigil-Pinon". Arte Publico. 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  4. ^ "Center for Mexican American Studies | College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences". Archived from the original on 2010-07-31. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
  5. ^ "Snow, Jonathan George, (Jon), (born 28 Sept. 1947), television journalist; Presenter, Channel Four News, since 1989", Who's Who, Oxford University Press, 2007-12-01, doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u35576
  6. ^ http://markpinon.blogspot.com/ [user-generated source]
  7. ^ http://mapcreative.blogspot.com/ [user-generated source]
  8. ^ "Voices from the Gaps".

Further reading

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