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