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