John Berger

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Known Credits

27

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-11-05

Day of death

2017-01-02 (90 years old)

Place of Birth

Stoke Newington, London, England

John Berger

Biography

John Peter Berger (/ˈbɜːrdʒər/; 5 November 1926 – 2 January 2017) was an English art critic, novelist, painter and poet. His novel G. won the 1972 Booker Prize, and his essay on art criticism Ways of Seeing, written as an accompaniment to the BBC series of the same name, is often used as a university text. He lived in France for over fifty years.

Known For

  • Apostrophes

    Apostrophes

  • About Time

    About Time

  • Play Me Something

    Play Me Something

  • Saturday Review

    Saturday Review

  • Parting Shots from Animals

    Parting Shots from Animals

  • Ways of Seeing

    Ways of Seeing

  • Walk Me Home

    Walk Me Home

  • Right to Work March

    Right to Work March

  • The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger

    The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger

  • The New Man

    The New Man

  • Another Way of Telling: Views on Photography

    Another Way of Telling: Views on Photography

  • 8 Poems of Emigration

    8 Poems of Emigration

  • John Berger or The Art of Looking

    John Berger or The Art of Looking

  • The Spectre of Hope

    The Spectre of Hope

  • W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult

    W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult

  • A City at Chandigarh

    A City at Chandigarh

  • Arrows of Time

    Arrows of Time

  • 12.Août.2002

    12.Août.2002

  • Taşkafa, Stories of the Street

    Taşkafa, Stories of the Street

  • Visioni di case che crollano

    Visioni di case che crollano

  • Art, Poetry and Particle Physics

    Art, Poetry and Particle Physics

  • Walter, retour en résistance

    Walter, retour en résistance

  • Germinal

    Germinal

  • Letter from Gaza

    Letter from Gaza

  • The Economy of the Dead

    The Economy of the Dead

  • Pig Earth

    Pig Earth

  • The Embrace: An Essay by John Berger

    The Embrace: An Essay by John Berger