Evangelina Vigil-Piñón
Evangelina Vigil-Piñón (born November 29, 1949) is a Chicana poet, children's book author, director, translator, and television personality.
Evangelina Vigil-Piñón
- Name
- Evangelina Vigil-Piñón
- Occupation
- poet, novelist, director, translator
- Born
- 29 November 1949
- Birthplace
- San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
- Nationality
- United States
- Honours
- American Book Awards
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Evangelina Vigil-Piñón (born November 29, 1949) is a Chicana poet, children's book author, director, translator, and television personality.
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• Name — Evangelina Vigil-Piñón • Occupation — poet, novelist, director, translator • Language — English • Genre — Romance fiction • Born — 29 November 1949 • Birthplace — San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Life
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 when 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 the University of Houston. She studied at St. Mary's University, and the University of Texas at San Antonio. She was the assistant editor of Americas Review. She teaches Mexican American and U.S. Hispanic literature as an adjunct lecturer at the University of Houston. She is currently 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.
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Works
• Nade y Nade, M&A Editions, 1978 * * *
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Awards
• 1983 American Book Award • National Endowment for the Arts Fellow
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