Evangelina Vigil-Piñón

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

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.^[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

• 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.

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.
• Tito 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.

References

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).