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