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John Peter Berger (/ ˈ b ɜːr dʒ ər / 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, and his essay on art criticism Ways of Seeing, written as an accompaniment to the BBC series of the same name, was influential. He lived in France for over fifty ...
Jan 2, 2017 · John Berger, the British critic, novelist and screenwriter whose groundbreaking 1972 television series and book, “Ways of Seeing,” declared war on traditional ways of thinking about art and ...
Jan 2, 2017 · Art critic and author John Berger has died at the age of 90. His best-known work was Ways of Seeing, a criticism of western cultural aesthetics, but he also won the Booker Prize for his novel...
Jan 2, 2017 · Booker-prize-winning author of titles including Ways of Seeing, G and A Painter of our Time had been living in Paris
Jan 2, 2017 · The cause of death was not immediately available, but the actor Simon McBurney, who was friends with Berger, told the Associated Press that the writer had been ill for about a year. He was 90.
Jan 3, 2017 · John Berger, who has died aged 90, was a Booker Prize-winning novelist, art critic, painter, poet, playwright, actor, activist and presenter of television programmes including the BBC series Ways...
Jan 6, 2017 · John Berger powerfully examined the way we view the world. But as for many people of my generation, who were captivated by his epoch-making television series on art Ways of Seeing, it is his manner of speaking that first comes to mind.
