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