Eduardo Montagner Anguiano is a Chipilo Venetian writer, born in Chipilo, Puebla, Mexico, in an Italian immigrant family. He studied linguistics and Spanish Language (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 (San Gregorio Atzompa Municipality), on 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.