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