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