Evangelina Vigil-Piñón

Evangelina Vigil-Piñón (born 29 November 1949 in 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. She studied at St. Mary's University, and University of Texas at San Antonio. She was assistant editor of Americas Review. She teaches at University of Houston.

She is the host and producer of Community Close Up: Viva Houston, which airs Sundays on ABC-KTRK-TV, Houston, Texas.

She 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. ISBN 978-1-55885-350-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

Editor

• Evangelina Vigil-Piñón, ed. (1987). Woman of Her Word: Hispanic Woman Write. Arte Público Press. ISBN 978-0-934770-27-9.
• Decade II: an anniversary anthology. Arte Publico Press. 1993. ISBN 978-1-55885-062-0. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

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).