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