John Berger

Born

November 5, 1926

Died

January 2, 2017 (90 years old)

Known For

Writing

Place of Birth

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.