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