WRITER

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 1,198,743 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 819th 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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Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Berger ranks 1,083 out of 7,302Before 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 76Before 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 67Before 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 819 out of 8,785Before 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).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Berger ranks 99Before 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).