Evangelina Vigil-Piñón

Evangelina Vigil-Piñón (born 29 November 1949 in San Antonio, Texas) is a Mexican-American poet, translator, and television personality.

Life

She studied at Prairie View A&M University. She graduated from University of Houston. [1] She studied at St. Mary's University, and University of Texas at San Antonio. She was assistant editor of Americas Review.[1] She teaches at University of Houston.[2]

She is the host and producer of Community Close Up: Viva Houston, which airs Sundays on ABC-KTRK-TV, Houston, Texas.[3]

She married Mark Anthony Piñón[4] in 1983; they had a son, Marc-Antony Piñón,[5] in 1984.[6]

Awards

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. 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. ISBN 978-1-55885-110-8.

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

  1. 1 2 "Evangelina Vigil-Piñón", In other words: literature by Latinas of the United States, Roberta Fernández, Jean Franco, p. 233
  2. ↑ http://www.class.uh.edu/cmas/contact_us_faculty.asp
  3. ↑ http://www.houstonculture.org/people/pinon.html
  4. ↑ http://markpinon.blogspot.com/
  5. ↑ http://mapcreative.blogspot.com/
  6. ↑ http://voices.cla.umn.edu/artistpages/vigilpinionEvangelina.php
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