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