Rosario Ustáriz Borra ( Hecho, 1927 –

Jaca Jaca (; in Aragonese: ''Chaca'' or ''Xaca'') is a city of northeastern Spain in the province of Huesca, located near the Pyrenees and the border with France. Jaca is an ancient fort on the Aragón River, situated at the crossing of two great ea ...

, August 28, 2009) was a writer and poet who wrote in the

Aragonese language Aragonese ( ; in Aragonese) is a Romance language spoken in several dialects by about 12,000 people as of 2011, in the Pyrenees valleys of Aragon, Spain, primarily in the comarcas of Somontano de Barbastro, Jacetania, Alto Gállego, Sobrarbe, ...

, born in the Pyrenean village of Hecho (currently, part of the municipality known as '

Valle de Hecho Valle de Hecho (''Val d'Echo'' in Aragonese language Consello Asesor de l'Aragonéstoponyms on the comarca of a Chazetania/ref>) is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipalit ...

), in the

Province of Huesca Huesca ( an, Uesca, ca, Osca), officially Huesca/Uesca, is a province of northeastern Spain, in northern Aragon. The capital is Huesca. Positioned just south of the central Pyrenees, Huesca borders France and the French Departments of Haute-Ga ...

(northern

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

), and a native speaker to the Aragonese Cheso dialect (local to the referred valley, and one of the few extant varieties of western Aragonese), 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'' («Remembering Pedro, whom passed while playing») written in 1982, that won the ''Onso d'Oro'' (Golden Bear) prize of the literary competition convened by the Valle de Hecho Council,Rosario Ustáriz Borra, from ''Gran Enciclopedia Aragonesa''
/ref> 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

's landscapes, people and traditions. In 2006, a compilation of her poems was published, titled ''Miquetas de l'alma'' (literally «Small Pieces from the Soul»). She was an honour member of

Academia de l'Aragonés The Academia de l'Aragonés (in English, Academy of the Aragonese anguage is an organization founded on 15 July 2006 by the ''2nd Congress on the Aragonese'' so as to be the linguistic authority for the Aragonese language. It has no official recog ...

since November 2007. She died on August 28, 2009 in

(

Huesca Huesca (; an, Uesca) is a city in north-eastern Spain, within the autonomous community of Aragon. It is also the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and of the comarca of Hoya de Huesca. In 2009 it had a population of 52,059, almo ...

), aged 82. Hecho's municipal library, first open in 2007, was named after her.Public Library of Hecho at the official Hecho's council website
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