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Gilbert Adair

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

December 29, 1944(66)

Day of Death

December 8, 2011

Place of Birth

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Gilbert Adair

Writing

Biography

Gilbert Adair was a Scottish novelist, poet, film critic and journalist. He was critically most famous for the "fiendish" translation of Georges Perec's postmodern novel A Void, in which the letter e is not used, but was more widely known for the films adapted from his novels, including Love and Death on Long Island (1997) and The Dreamers (2003)

Known For

Filmography