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