Rosario Melgar O

Rosario Melgar O. was born in the town of Santa Marta, in the country of El Salvador. She began writing songs and poetry at the age of fifteen. At the age of twenty-five, while visiting her mother living in the Canal Zone, she met and married James Oswald, a U.S. paratrooper. In the ensuing war between Panama and the United States, the wives of soldiers were evacuated to the United States. She subsequently lived in Germany with her husband before returning to New York at the age of thirty where she has lived ever since. Rosario’s son, James, was born in Mt. Kisco. Rosario is also an accomplished painter.

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