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