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