Eduardo Montagner Anguiano is a Chipilo Venetian writer, born in
Chipilo
Chipilo, officially known as Chipilo de Francisco Javier Mina, is a small city in the state of Puebla, Mexico. It is located south of the state capital Puebla, Puebla, at a height of above sea level. The name itself derives from Náhuatl, meani ...
,
Puebla
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, Mexico, in an Italian immigrant family. He studied linguistics and
Spanish Language
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(''Letras hispánicas'') at
Puebla Autonomous University. He is a translator, poet, novelist and protector of minority languages in Mexico, principally a
Chipileño language.
Biography
He was born in
Chipilo
Chipilo, officially known as Chipilo de Francisco Javier Mina, is a small city in the state of Puebla, Mexico. It is located south of the state capital Puebla, Puebla, at a height of above sea level. The name itself derives from Náhuatl, meani ...
,
Puebla
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, on May 12, 1975. He is a grandson of Venetian immigrants from
Segusino, Italy, who arrived to
Mexico
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in 1882 and founded a farm colony named Chipilo de Francisco Xavier Mina, near
Puebla City
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. He spoke a Venetian language since his childhood with Spanish language.
He studied linguistics and Spanish Language at
Puebla Autonomous University, was the first academic contact as writer and poet.
Enciclopedia de la literature de México
Eduardo Montagner Anguiano, November 28, 2016.
Books
*''Parlar par véneto, víver a Mésico'' (2005, Conaculta).
*''Al prim'' (2006, Conaculta/Secretaría de Cultura de Puebla).
*''Toda esa gran verdad'' (2006, Alfaguara / 2008, Punto de Lectura).
*''Ancora fon ora'' (2010, Conaculta/Secretaría de Cultura de Puebla).
Awards
* 2005, ''Concorso Letterario Internazionale in Lingua Veneta Mario Donadoni''.
See also
* Italian Mexicans
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References
1975 births
Venetian language
Living people
People from Chipilo
Mexican male novelists
Mexican translators
Mexican people of Italian descent
Writers from Puebla
21st-century Mexican writers
Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla alumni
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