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