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