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