Gilbert Adair
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
- Writing
- Born
- 1944-12-29 · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Died
- 2011-12-08
Known for
- The Dreamers (2003) — Screenplay
- Klimt (2006) — Writer
- Love and Death on Long Island (1998) — Novel
- The Carer (2016) — Writer
- A Closed Book (2012) — Writer
- The Territory (1981) — Writer
- Film '72 (1971) — Self
- François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death (1996) — Self
- Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’ (2004) — Self
- The Sorceror's Apprentice (1977)