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