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