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