Writer

John Berger

1926 – 2017

Active years (films on this site)

1971–1976

Genres

DramaComedy

Schools and movements

Contemporary European Art Cinema

Directors worked with

Alain Tanner2 films

Biography

John Peter Berger was an English art critic, novelist, painter and poet. His novel G. won the 1972 Booker Prize. His essay on art criticism Ways of Seeing, written as an accompaniment to the BBC series of the same name, is hugely culturally influential and continues to be widely read today. He lived in France for over fifty years.

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Awards and honours

International

• Groeneveld Award 2011

National / local

• Booker Prize 1972
• James Tait Black Memorial Prize 1972
• Scott Moncrieff Prize 2005

2 films on this site

1. The Salamander 1971 · Alain Tanner · IMDb 7.2 · Writer
2. Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 1976 · Alain Tanner · IMDb 7.5 · Writer