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