Gilbert Adair
Writing·December 29, 1944·† December 8, 2011 — 66 years old·Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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
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2016The CarerWriter2012A Closed BookWriter2006KlimtWriter2004Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’Self2003The DreamersScreenplay · Author1998Love and Death on Long IslandNovel1996François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & DeathSelf1981The TerritoryWriter1977The Sorceror's Apprentice1971Film '72TVSelf