. ▁N igg li ▁is ▁now ▁recognized ▁as ▁" a ▁literary ▁voice ▁from ▁the ▁middle ▁ground ▁between ▁Mexican ▁and ▁Ang lo ▁her itage ." ▁Crit ic ▁Elizabeth ▁Co on rod ▁Mart ine z ▁has ▁written ▁that ▁N igg li ▁should ▁be ▁considered ▁on ▁a ▁par ▁with ▁such ▁widely ▁pra ised ▁Spanish - language ▁contempor aries ▁as ▁Mar iano ▁Az uela , ▁Martín ▁Luis ▁Gu zm án ▁and ▁Nell ie ▁Camp ob ello . ▁She ▁is ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁only ▁Mexican - American ▁woman ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁theatre ▁named ▁after ▁her . ▁ ▁Biography ▁N igg li ▁was ▁born ▁on ▁July ▁ 1 3 , ▁ 1 9 1 0 ▁in ▁Mon ter rey , ▁Nue vo ▁León , ▁into ▁an ▁exp atri ated ▁Euro - American ▁family ▁from ▁the ▁U . S . ▁( her ▁father , ▁of ▁Swiss - Al s at ian ▁descent , ▁was ▁from ▁Texas , ▁and ▁her ▁mother , ▁who ▁was ▁Irish - F rench - G erman , ▁from ▁Virginia ). ▁Because ▁of ▁the ▁Mexican ▁Revolution , ▁she ▁was ▁sent ▁out ▁of ▁Mexico ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 3 , ▁and ▁spent ▁much ▁of ▁her ▁youth ▁between ▁Mon ter rey ▁and ▁San ▁Antonio , ▁Texas . ▁As ▁a ▁te en ager ▁in ▁San ▁Antonio , ▁and ▁in ▁spite ▁of ▁being ▁an ▁Ang lo , ▁she ▁felt ▁that ▁she ▁didn ' t ▁belong ▁and ▁wished ▁to ▁be ▁back ▁in ▁Mon ter rey ; ▁these ▁feelings ▁formed ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁her ▁first ▁book ▁of ▁poetry , ▁Mexican ▁Sil