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