Evangelina Vigil-Piñón

Evangelina Vigil-Piñón (born 29 November 1949 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

• 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. 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.  CS1 maint: Uses editors parameter (link)

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