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