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