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