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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. He lived in France for over fifty years. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Berger is the 1,414th most popular writer (down from 1,082nd in 2019), the 1,273rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 818th in 2019) and the 134th most popular British Writer.

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

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Among writers, John Berger ranks 1,414 out of 7,302Before him are Machado de Assis, Sergey Mikhalkov, Ihara Saikaku, Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, and Jean-Jacques Ampère. After him are Roger Caillois, Fulcher of Chartres, A. E. van Vogt, Odo of Cluny, Allan Pinkerton, and William Styron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, John Berger ranks 108Before him are Kim Jong-pil, James Stirling, Alan Greenspan, Gus Grissom, Joshua Fishman, and Shohei Imamura. After him are Joachim Fest, Poul Anderson, Roger Corman, Karl Richter, Thorbjörn Fälldin, and Patricia Neal. Among people deceased in 2017, John Berger ranks 90Before him are Jake LaMotta, Abdul Halim of Kedah, Lubomyr Husar, Fats Domino, Charlie Murphy, and Anita Pallenberg. After him are Karl-Otto Apel, Kim Jong-nam, Ljubiša Samardžić, Adam West, Tony Atkinson, and Hans Schäfer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Berger ranks 1,273 out of 8,785Before him are Gideon Mantell (1790), Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel (1557), George Canning (1770), Taron Egerton (1989), Charles W. Alcock (1842), and John Fisher (1469). After him are Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1914), Allan Pinkerton (1819), Imelda Staunton (1956), Rob Roy MacGregor (1671), Cynthia Lennon (1939), and Dirk Bogarde (1921).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Berger ranks 134Before him are Barbara Cartland (1901), Ken Robinson (1950), David C. H. Austin (1926), Robert Browning (1812), P. D. James (1920), and E. L. James (1963). After him are Allan Pinkerton (1819), Ruth Rendell (1930), James Anderson (1680), Evelyn Waugh (1903), Lee Child (1954), and Bernard Cornwell (1944).