WRITER

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gilbert Adair has received more than 147,302 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Gilbert Adair is the 4,607th most popular writer (up from 5,157th in 2019), the 3,298th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,087th in 2019) and the 371st most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Alice through the needle's eye
Alphabet, Juvenile Fiction, Children's stories
A sequel to Lewis Carol's Alice stories, with similar illustrations to the originals.
1984
The holy innocents
1988
Myths & memories
Social life and customs, Popular culture, History
1986
Jizzrim
1993
Love and death on Long Island
English Novelists, Fiction, Incest
1990
The death of the author
Authors, College teachers, Deconstruction
1992

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gilbert Adair ranks 4,607 out of 7,302. Before him are Rodolfo Walsh, Hans Nielsen Hauge, Mordecai Kaplan, Lalleshwari, Yambo Ouologuem, and Hilde Domin. After him are Karl von Holtei, Walter Anderson, Art Buchwald, John Piper, Ronald Knox, and Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Gilbert Adair ranks 452. Before him are Kitty Winn, Rudi Assauer, Susan Howard, Doreen Massey, Jack Canfield, and José Dolhem. After him are Alzhan Zharmukhamedov, Daniel Morelon, Helmut Dietl, Sergei Solovyov, Bobby Womack, and Kansai Yamamoto. Among people deceased in 2011, Gilbert Adair ranks 283. Before him are Filoimea Telito, Boris Chertok, Gary Speed, Birgitta Trotzig, Milivoj Ašner, and Iya Savvina. After him are May-Louise Flodin, Peter Gethin, Martial Célestin, Margaret Price, Luigi Carpaneda, and Park Wan-suh.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gilbert Adair ranks 3,298 out of 8,785. Before him are Emil Voigt (1883), Charles Blagden (1748), Ajahn Brahm (1951), Tony Kaye (1952), James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797), and Roland Orzabal (1961). After him are Jack Sheppard (1702), Matthew Hopkins (1620), John Hutchinson (1884), Tommy Cooper (1921), David MacMillan (1968), and Lita Ford (1958).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Gilbert Adair ranks 371. Before him are Walter Savage Landor (1775), Francis de Laporte de Castelnau (1810), Alan Bennett (1934), Isaac Watts (1674), George Chapman (1559), and Lydia Becker (1827). After him are Ronald Knox (1888), W. S. Gilbert (1836), Sarah Kane (1971), Grace Aguilar (1816), Thomas Middleton (1580), and Taylor Caldwell (1900).

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