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