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Gilbert Adair

1944 - 2011

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Gilbert Adair (29 December 1944 – 8 December 2011) 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). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gilbert Adair is the 5,231st most popular writer (down from 4,607th in 2019), the 4,164th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,299th in 2019) and the 448th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Gilbert Adair ranks 5,231 out of 7,302. Before him are Wacław Potocki, Charlotte Casiraghi, F. Sionil José, Nestor Kukolnik, José María de Pereda, and Damon Knight. After him are Yambo Ouologuem, Marie Noël, Frank Heller, Yann Martel, Abbas Sahhat, and John Antoine Nau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Gilbert Adair ranks 534. Before him are Zhanna Bichevskaya, Matthew Cowles, Ken Howard, Barbara Thompson, Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist, and Buchi Emecheta. After him are Erhard Keller, Frank Rühle, Jack Canfield, Armistead Maupin, Sergei Solovyov, and Michael Tilson Thomas. Among people deceased in 2011, Gilbert Adair ranks 340. Before him are Szeto Wah, Annette Charles, Ragnhild Hveger, Lewis Binford, Maurice Goldhaber, and Nasser Hejazi. After him are Célestin Oliver, Wenche Foss, Bhimsen Joshi, Milton Babbitt, Kjell Johansson, and Ragnar Lundberg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gilbert Adair ranks 4,165 out of 8,785. Before him are Nathalie Emmanuel (1989), Charles Henry Bartlett (1885), Peter Murphy (1957), Philippa York (1958), Tony Christie (1943), and Kay Kendall (1927). After him are Joe Jackson (1954), Geraldine Beamish (1883), Julian Bailey (1961), David Lloyd (1950), Sid Kimpton (1887), and Julian Richings (1955).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Gilbert Adair ranks 448. Before him are Edith Sitwell (1887), Brian Lumley (1937), Gillian Rubinstein (1942), Joyce Mansour (1928), Thomas Dekker (1572), and Jeanette Winterson (1959). After him are Marmaduke Pickthall (1875), A. E. Housman (1859), Bruno Heller (1960), Alan Bennett (1934), Aubrey de Grey (1963), and Norman Smith (1923).

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