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