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