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John Berger

Nov 05, 1926 - Jan 02, 2017 (90 years old) in 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.

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Ways of Seeing
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About Time
John Berger
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Play Me Something
Secretary
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Another Way of Telling: Views on Photography
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Right to Work March
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The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger
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Walk Me Home
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Parting Shots from Animals
Self (narrator)
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The New Man
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John Berger or The Art of Looking
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