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