Gilbert Adair

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Known For

Writing

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3

Gender

Male

Birthday

1944-12-29

Deathday

2011-12-08 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Gilbert Adair

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)

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2016
The Carer as Writer
2012
A Closed Book as Writer
2006
Klimt as Writer
2003
The Dreamers as Screenplay
2003
The Dreamers as Author
1998
Love and Death on Long Island as Novel
1981
The Territory as Writer
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