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