Evangelina Vigil-Piñón is a Chicana

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

, children's book author, director, 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. 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

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. She graduated from

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. "Evangelina Vigil-Piñón", ''In other words: literature by Latinas of the United States'', Roberta Fernández, Jean Franco, p. 233
/ref> She studied at St. Mary's University, and

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. She was assistant editor of ''Americas Review''. She teaches Mexican American and U.S. Hispanic literature as an adjunct lecturer at

. 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 The American Book Award is an American literary award that annually recognizes a set of books and people for "outstanding literary achievement". According to the 2010 awards press release, it is "a writers' award given by other writers" and "the ...

National Endowment for the Arts The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal ...

Fellow

Works

* ''Nade y Nade'', M&A Editions, 1978 * * *

Editor

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Translator

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Anthologies

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vigil-Pinon, Evangelina 1949 births People from Houston People from San Antonio University of Houston faculty Living people American women poets American Book Award winners American writers of Mexican descent American women academics 21st-century American women