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