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Salvador Tió

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Salvador Tió
BornNovember 15, 1911
DiedSeptember 17, 1989 (aged 77)
OccupationPoet

Salvador Tió y Montes de Oca (November 15, 1911 – September 17, 1989) was a Puerto Rican poet, writer, and promoter of Puerto Rican culture, best known for coining the term "Spanglish".

Early life

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Salvador Tió y Montes de Oca, better known as Salvador Tió was born on November 15, 1911, in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, to Salvador Tió y Malaret and his wife Teresa Montes de Oca y Branderes. He completed studies in law at Columbia Law School in New York and at the Complutense University of Portugal.

Spanglish

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In the late 1940s, Salvador coined the term espanglish, which later evolved to its current form, Spanglish. This was his response to the many Spanish-speaking people who immediately relinquished their mother tongue in order to learn English upon immigrating to non-Hispanic countries.[1]

Later years

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Salvador later moved to San Juan, where he died on September 17, 1989. He was buried at Santa María Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Salvador Tió's 100th Anniversary". November 15, 2011.
  2. ^ "FamilySearch". FamilySearch.