Evangelina Vigil Piñón

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Name Evangelina Vigil-Pinon Role Poet		Awards American Book Awards
Books Thirty: An Seen a Lot, The Computer is Down

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. 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.

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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.

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)