Gilbert Adair

For the protein scientist, see Gilbert Smithson Adair.

Gilbert Adair
Born29 December 1944
Kilmarnock, Scotland
Died8 December 2011(2011-12-08) (aged 66)
London, England
OccupationNovelist, film critic
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction, non-fiction, film criticism

Gilbert Adair (29 December 1944 – 8 December 2011)[1] was a Scottish novelist, poet, film critic, and journalist.[2][3] He was critically most famous for the "fiendish"[4] translation of Georges Perec's postmodern novel A Void, in which the letter e is not used,[4] but was more widely known for the films adapted from his novels, including Love and Death on Long Island (1997) and The Dreamers (2003).[2]

  1. ^ Gilbert Adair at British Council: Literature
  2. ^ a b Stuart Jeffries and Ronald Bergan. Obituary: Gilbert Adair, The Guardian, 9 December 2011.
  3. ^ Peter Bradshaw. "Gilbert Adair: a man of letters for the cinema age", The Guardian, 9 December 2011
  4. ^ a b Jake Kerridge. "Gilbert Adair: a man of many parts", The Telegraph, 10 December 2011.