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