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