John Berger
British painter, writer and art critic (1926-2017)
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- Born
- 5 Nov 1926
- Died
- 2 Jan 2017
- Works
- 380
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- To Tell a Story
- El último retrato de Goya
- The foot of Clive
- D'A a X
- A Seventh Man
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Writing · Stoke Newington, London, England
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
- 8 Poems of Emigration — Poet / Narrator (voice)2020
- The Economy of the Dead — Speaker (voice)2017
- The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger — Self2017
- The New Man — Self2016
- John Berger or The Art of Looking — Self - Subject2016
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John Peter Berger (/ˈbɜːrdʒər/ BUR-jər; 5 November 1926 – 2 January 2017) was an English art critic, novelist, painter and poet. His novel G. won the 1972 Booker Prize. His essay on art criticism Ways of Seeing, written as an accompaniment to the BBC series of the same name, is hugely culturally influential and continues to be widely read today. He lived in France for over fifty years.
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1926 births2017 deaths20th-century English novelists20th-century English painters20th-century English poets21st-century British male artists21st-century English male writers21st-century English painters21st-century English poetsAcademics of St Mary's University, TwickenhamAlumni of Chelsea College of ArtsAlumni of the Central School of Art and Design