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