Eduardo Montagner Anguiano
Quick Facts
Biography
Eduardo Montagner Anguiano is a Chipilo Venetian writer, born in Chipilo, Puebla, Mexico, in a Italian immigrant family. He studied linguistics and Spanish Language (Letras hispánicas) at Puebla Autonomous University. He is a translator, poet, novelist and protectorof minority languages in Mexico, principally a Chipileño language.
Biography
He was born in Chipilo (San Gregorio Atzompa Municipality), in May 12, 1975. He is a grandson of Venetian immigrants from Segusino, Italy, who arrived to Mexico in 1882 and founded a farm colony named Chipilo de Francisco Xavier Mina, near Puebla City. 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.
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.