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