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John Berger

1926 - 2017

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John Peter Berger ( 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Berger has received more than 1,180,585 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). John Berger is the 1,083rd most popular writer (up from 1,195th in 2019), the 818th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 948th in 2019) and the 99th most popular British Writer.

John Berger is most famous for his art criticism and his novels.

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Notable Works

Another way of telling
Artistic Photography, Photography, Artistic, Photographic criticism
1982
Permanent red
Art, Artists
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1960
Ways of Seeing
Art, Art appreciation, Technique
How do we see the world around us? The Penguin on Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever."Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak.""But there is also another sense in which seeing comes before words. It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world; we explain that world with words, but word can never undo the fact that we are surrounded by it. The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled."John Berger's Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and influential books on art in any language. First published in 1972, it was based on the BBC television series about which the (London) Sunday Times critic commented: "This is an eye-opener in more ways than one: by concentrating on how we look at paintings . . . he will almost certainly change the way you look at pictures." By now he has.
1972
A painter of our time
1958
G.
Fiction, Man-woman relationships, History
1972
Art and revolution
Socialism and art., Socialism and art, Art
1969
Another way of telling
Artistic Photography, Photography, Artistic, Photographic criticism
1982
Ways of Seeing
Art, Art appreciation, Technique
How do we see the world around us? The Penguin on Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever."Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak.""But there is also another sense in which seeing comes before words. It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world; we explain that world with words, but word can never undo the fact that we are surrounded by it. The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled."John Berger's Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and influential books on art in any language. First published in 1972, it was based on the BBC television series about which the (London) Sunday Times critic commented: "This is an eye-opener in more ways than one: by concentrating on how we look at paintings . . . he will almost certainly change the way you look at pictures." By now he has.
1972
Art and revolution
Socialism and art., Socialism and art, Art
1969
Permanent red
Art, Artists
i want to download *Permanent red* ,could i ?
1960
G.
Fiction, Man-woman relationships, History
1972
A painter of our time
Fiction, general, Artists, Diaries
1958

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Berger ranks 1,083 out of 7,302. Before him are John Malalas, Jean Giono, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Garcilaso de la Vega, and Nikolay Nekrasov. After him are Roberto Bolaño, Ivan Cankar, Dylan Thomas, Ruy González de Clavijo, E. M. Forster, and Joseph Karo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, John Berger ranks 76. Before him are Noah Gordon, César Pelli, Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Gyula Grosics, Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba, and Kim Jae-gyu. After him are Jean-Pierre Serre, Michel Butor, Norman Jewison, Yoshio Okada, Aaron Klug, and Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco. Among people deceased in 2017, John Berger ranks 67. Before him are Magdalena Abakanowicz, Sam Shepard, Piet Keizer, Jake LaMotta, Giovanni Sartori, and Jacque Fresco. After him are Albert Speer, Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Adam West, John G. Avildsen, Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco, and Georges Prêtre.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Berger ranks 818 out of 8,785. Before him are Tim Roth (1961), Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (1158), John Harrison (1693), Edmund Cartwright (1743), Thomas Cole (1801), and Eric Burdon (1941). After him are Kim Cattrall (1956), Dylan Thomas (1914), Edward Kelley (1555), Macbeth, King of Scotland (1005), E. M. Forster (1879), and William Carey (1761).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Berger ranks 99. Before him are Thomas De Quincey (1785), P. D. James (1920), Thomas Malory (1405), Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757), Diana Wynne Jones (1934), and Robert Graves (1895). After him are Dylan Thomas (1914), E. M. Forster (1879), John William Polidori (1795), Bernard Cornwell (1944), Edmund Spenser (1552), and Samuel Butler (1612).

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