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