Gilbert Adair (born December 29, 1944) is an author, film critic, and journalist who won the Scott Moncrieff Translation Prize for his book A Void which is a translation of the French book La Disparition by Georges Perec. December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ... The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ... Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films. ... A journalist is a person who practices journalism. ... La disparition (1969, literally, The Disappearance) is a lipogrammatic novel, over 300 pages long, by French writer Georges Perec that was written without a single e in following Oulipo constraints. ... French (français, langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese. ... Georges Perec (March 7, 1936 - March 3, 1982) was a 20th century French novelist, filmmaker and essayist, a member of the Oulipo group and considered by many to be one of the most important post-WWII authors. ...

Adair was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and now lives in London, England. Edinburgh viewed from Arthurs Seat. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country or nation and former independent kingdom of northwest Europe, and one of the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom. ... London — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and a major world city. With over seven million inhabitants (Londoners) in Greater London area, it is amongst the most densely populated areas in Western Europe. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Official language None; English is de facto Capital London Capitals coordinates 51° 30 N, 0° 10 W Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831...

Bibliography

• Hollywood's Vietnam (1981)
• Alice through the Needle's Eye (1984)
• A Night at the Pictures (with Nick Roddick) (1985)
• Myths & Memories (1986)
• Peter Pan and the Only Children (1987)
• The Holy Innocents (1988)
• Letters, by Francois Truffaut (translator & editor) (1990)
• Love and Death on Long Island (1990)
• The Death of the Author (1992)
• The Postmodernist Always Rings Twice (1992)
• A Void, by Georges Perec (translator) (1994)
• Flickers (1995)
• Wonder Tales: Six French Stories of Enchantment (editor with Marina Warner) (1995)
• Surfing the Zeitgeist (1997)
• The Key of the Tower (1997)
• A Closed Book (1999)
• Movies (editor) (1999)
• Zazie in the Metro, by Raymond Queneau (introduction) (2000)
• The Real Tadzio (2001)
• The Dreamers (2003)
• Buenas Noches, Buenos Aires (2004)
• The Act of Roger Murgatroyd (2005)

See also: 1980 in literature, other events of 1981, 1982 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1983 in literature, other events of 1984, 1985 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1984 in literature, other events of 1985, 1986 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1985 in literature, other events of 1986, 1987 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1986 in literature, other events of 1987, 1988 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1987 in literature, other events of 1988, 1989 in literature, list of years in literature. ... François Roland Truffaut (February 6, 1932–October 21, 1984) was one of the founders of the French New Wave in filmmaking, and remains an icon of the French film industry. ... See also: 1989 in literature, other events of 1990, 1991 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Love and Death on Long Island is a 1997 movie directed by Richard Kwietniowski and starring Jason Priestley, John Hurt and Fiona Loewi. ... See also: 1991 in literature, other events of 1992, 1993 in literature, list of years in literature. ... La disparition (1969, literally, The Disappearance) is a lipogrammatic novel, over 300 pages long, by French writer Georges Perec that was written without a single e in following Oulipo constraints. ... Georges Perec (March 7, 1936 - March 3, 1982) was a 20th century French novelist, filmmaker and essayist, a member of the Oulipo group and considered by many to be one of the most important post-WWII authors. ... See also: 1993 in literature, other events of 1994, 1995 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1994 in literature, other events of 1995, 1996 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1996 in literature, other events of 1997, 1998 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1998 in literature, other events of 1999, 2000 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Zazie in the Metro – or simply Zazie, depending on the translation – (original French title: Zazie dans le métro), a French novel written in 1959, was the first major success of author Raymond Queneau. ... Raymond Queneau (February 21, 1903 - October 25, 1976) was a French poet and novelist. ... See also: 1999 in literature, other events of 2000, 2001 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 2000 in literature, other events of 2001, 2002 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Movie poster for The Dreamers The Dreamers is a 2003 French drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, written by Gilbert Adair. ... See also: 2002 in literature, other events of 2003, 2004 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 2002 in literature, other events of 2003, 2004 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 2002 in literature, other events of 2003, 2004 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

External links

• Gilbert Adair (http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth01J17L141612620203) at www.contemporarywriters.com
• Gilbert Adair (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0010434/) at the Internet Movie Database