Gilbert Adair
Known For: Writing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: December 29, 1944
Day of Death: December 8, 2011 (67 years old)
Place of Birth: 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)