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