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