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