Jennifer Adcock (born 1982), also known as Juana Adcock, is a Mexican-born, Scotland-based poet and translator. Her first collection of poems ''Manca'' appeared in 2014, and was chosen by the Mexican critic
Sergio González Rodríguez as one of the best poetry books of the year. Her work has appeared in ''Words Without Borders'', ''Asymptote'', and ''
Glasgow Review of Books
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''. Her book-length translations include:
* ''Slim: Portrait of the World's Richest Man'' by
Diego Osorno
Diego is a Spanish masculine given name. The Portuguese equivalent is Diogo. The name also has several patronymic derivations, listed below. The etymology of Diego is disputed, with two major origin hypotheses: ''Tiago'' and ''Didacus''.
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* ''Sexographies'' by
Gabriela Wiener
Gabriela Wiener (born 1975 Lima) is a Peruvian writer, chronicler, poet and journalist. She is part of the group of new Latin American chroniclers. She has settled in Spain since 2003.
Life
She is daughter of the prominent political analyst a ...
(with
Lucy Greaves
Lucy is an English feminine given name derived from the Latin masculine given name Lucius with the meaning ''as of light'' (''born at dawn or daylight'', maybe also ''shiny'', or ''of light complexion''). Alternative spellings are Luci, Luce, ...
)
* ''Gavia Stellata'' by
Alexander Hutchison
* ''Historia de un canalla'', by
Julia Navarro (published under the title ''The Story of a Sociopath'')
* ''An Orphan World'' by
Giuseppe Caputo (with
Sophie Hughes)
References
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Mexican translators
1982 births
Living people