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