poet
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, 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 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
Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU or PV) is a Public university, public Historically black colleges and universities, historically black land-grant university in Prairie View, Texas, United States. Founded in 1876, it is one of Texas's two lan ...
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She graduated from the
University of Houston
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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 the
University of Texas at San Antonio
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She teaches Mexican American and U.S. Hispanic literature as an adjunct lecturer at the
University of Houston
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. 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.
Awards
* 1983
American Book Award
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National Endowment for the Arts
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Fellow
Works
* ''Nade y Nade'', M&A Editions, 1978
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References
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
Trinity University Press is a university press affiliated with Trinity University, which is located in San Antonio, Texas. Trinity University Press was officially founded in 1967 after the university acquired the Illinois-based Principia Press. T ...