Background
Rosario Aguilar was born on January 29, 1938, in Leon, Nicaragua. She is a daughter of Mariano Fiallos Gil, a lawyer, and Soledad Oyanguren.
Rosario Aguilar was born on January 29, 1938, in Leon, Nicaragua. She is a daughter of Mariano Fiallos Gil, a lawyer, and Soledad Oyanguren.
From 1943 till 1953 Rosario Aguilar attended Colegio La Asuncion, Leon, Nicaragua, where she met Mercedes Gordillo, who also became a writer.
From 1953 to 1956 she attended St. Mary of the Pines, Chatawa, Mississippi.
At the age of 26, Rosario Aguilar published her first novel, Primavera Sonambula ("Spring Sleepwalker") - the story of a young woman’s struggle with mental illness.
In 1947 she was appointed as Ambassador of Nicaragua to Guatemala by President Leonardo Argüello, who only remained in office for 27 days before being ousted through a coup d'état organized by General García.
Inspired by the Spanish chroniclers of the conquest of Mexico and Central America, she gave the Spanish and Native women that came with the Conquistadors to the New World and the Natives, a voice, writing about them in her novels.
Aguilar advocates the conservation of the tropical rain forests.
Aguilar is a member of Select Commission on History of the Municipal Council of the City of Leon, Centro Nicaragüense de Escritores, Instituto Nicaragüense de Cultura Hispánica, Alianza Francesa.
As Rosario Aguilar said, she was interested in literature and history since her childhood. In particular, she read a lot of Spanish chroniclers of the conquest of Mexico and Central America and the archives of the conquest in Seville (for example, the Popol Vuh), also the legends of the Guatemalan Indians, and the history of Nahuatl literature.
Quotes from others about the person
"Fine prose . . . captures the ambiguities involved in modern views of those earlier times, conveying both their horrors and their glories." Erik Burns about the novel The Lost Chronicles of Terra Firma.
On October 4, 1958, Rosario Aguilar married Ivan Aguilar. The couple have four children. Their names are Ivan E., Piedad, Leonel, Yolanda, Ximena.