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