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