Rosario Ustáriz Borra

Who is Rosario Ustáriz Borra?

Rosario Ustáriz Borra was an aragonese language writer and poet, born in the pyrenean village of Hecho, in the Province of Huesca, and a native speaker to the aragonese Cheso dialect, in which she developed the whole of her work. As one of the few native speakers of modern aragonese that have taken some part in its divulgation and conservation, Ustáriz is well appreciated among the community of scholars and supportants of this pyrenean vernacular, having some of her works been published.

Her first poetic work was the poem Remerando a Pedro que se'n fue chugando written in 1982, that won the Onso d'Oro prize of the literary competition convened by the Valle de Hecho Council, later winning two other Onsos d'Oro, in 1983 and 1984. In her works she used to describe her own experiences and used to deal on Valle de Hecho's landscapes, people and traditions. In 2006, a compilation of her poems was published, titled Miquetas de l'alma. She was an honour member of Academia de l'Aragonés since November 2007. She died on August 28, 2009 in Jaca, aged 82.