Evangelina Vigil-Piñón

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

Evangelina Vigil-Piñón
Born	(1949-11-29) November 29, 1949 San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	poet, novelist, director, translator
Language	English
Genre	Romance fiction

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 assistant 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.

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.

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).