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