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