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