Rosario Aguilar

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.

Education

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.

Career

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.

Achievements

• Rosario Aguilar was an Ambassador of Nicaragua to Guatemala.
  
  In 1966, Rosario Aguilar received four awards including an Honorable mention for her third novel Aquel mar sin fondo ni playa (title means "That Bottomless Sea or Beach") at the Floral Games of Quetzaltenango in Guatemala, the Diploma for Excellence in Novel Writing from the Instituto Cultural Ruben Dario, the Diploma of Recognition for Cultural Contribution to the City of Leon, a Cultural Achievement Award from the President of the Nicaraguan National Assembly.
  
  She was awarded a Diploma of Recognition for Contribution in Protecting and Conserving the Historic Heritage of Leon from Mayor of the City of Leon in 1994.
  
  In 1999, Rosario was named "Correspondiente Hispanoamericana en Nicaragua" by the Royal Spanish Academy.

Works

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  • Soledad: Tu eres el enlace

    (It is a biography of her mother.)

    1970
  • Primavera Sonambula 1964
  • The Lost Chronicles of Terra Firma (Secret Weavers Series)
  • 7 relatos sobre el amor y la guerra (Spanish Edition)
  • Aquel mar sin fondo ni playa
  • La Nina Blanca Y Los Pajaros Sin Pies

Views

Aguilar advocates the conservation of the tropical rain forests.

Membership

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.

• Nicaraguan Academy of Language , Nicaragua

  1999

• Municipal Council of the City of Leon , Nicaragua

Personality

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.

Connections

On October 4, 1958, Rosario Aguilar married Ivan Aguilar. The couple have four children. Their names are Ivan E., Piedad, Leonel, Yolanda, Ximena.

Father:

Mariano Fiallos Gil

Mother:

Soledad Oyanguren

References

• Rosario Aguilar (Nicaragua): Acercamientos Criticos A book by Maria Roof
  2017