Juana ADCOCK

ADCOCK Juana

Poems

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.

Her book-length translations include:

  • Slim: Portrait of the World's Richest Man by Diego Osorno
  • Sexographies by Gabriela Wiener (with Lucy Greaves)
  • 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)
  • LUCA School of Arts
  • Embassy of Andorra
  • MuntPunt
  • Mission of the Faroes to the EU
  • Instituto Cervantes Brussels
  • Scottish Government EU Office
  • It Skriuwersboun
  • Hungarian Cultural Institute Brussels
  • Permanent Representation of the Republic of Estonia to the European Union
  • Istituto Italiano di Cultura
  • Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity
  • Czech Centre Brussels
  • Ambassade du Luxembourg à Bruxelles
  • Yunus Emre Institute
  • Embassy of the Republic of Latvia to the Kingdom of Belgium
  • Camões Instituto de Cooperação e Língua Portugal
  • Danish Cultural Institute
  • Commission européenne
  • Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the EU
  • Spain Arts and Culture - Cultural and Scientific Service of the Embassy of Spain in Belgium
  • Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovenia to the European Union
  • Greenlandic Writers Association
  • Polish Institute - Cultural Service of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Brussels
  • Romanian Cultural Institute in Brussels
  • Lithuanian Culture Institute
  • Ville de Bruxelles
  • LOFT 58
  • Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union
  • Embassy of the Republic of Estonia in Belgium
  • Greenland Representation to the European Union
  • Embassy of Ireland
  • Orfeu - Livraria Portuguesa
  • Vlaams-Nederlands Huis deBuren
  • Swedish Institute
  • Austrian Cultural Forum
  • Leeuwarden Europan Capital of Culture 2018
  • Embassy of Sweden
  • Etxepare Euskal Institutua