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