Eduardo Montagner Anguiano


Eduardo Montagner Anguiano is a Chipilo Venetian writer, born in Chipilo, Puebla, Mexico, in an Italian immigrant family. He studied linguistics and Spanish Language 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, Puebla, 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.
  • Al prim.
  • Toda esa gran verdad.
  • Ancora fon ora.

Awards

  • 2005, Concorso Letterario Internazionale in Lingua Veneta Mario Donadoni.