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About the Author

John Peter Berger was born in London, England on November 5, 1926. After serving in the British Army from 1944 to 1946, he enrolled in the Chelsea School of Art. He began his career as a painter and exhibited work at a number of London galleries in the late 1940s. He then worked as an art critic show more for The New Statesman for a decade. He wrote fiction and nonfiction including several volumes of art criticism. His novels include A Painter of Our Time, From A to X, and G., which won both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Booker Prize in 1972. His other works include an essay collection entitled Permanent Red, Into Their Labors, and a book and television series entitled Ways of Seeing. In the 1970s, he collaborated with the director Alain Tanner on three films. He wrote or co-wrote La Salamandre, The Middle of the World, and Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000. He died on January 1, 2017 at the age of 90. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: John Berger, Berdzher D., Dzhon Berdzher, John Berger/ et al, Джон Берджер, Джон Бёрджер

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Into Their Labours

Works by John Berger

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Ways of Seeing (1972) 5,027 copies

G. (1972) 899 copies

About Looking (1980) 884 copies

To the Wedding (1995) 537 copies

Pig Earth (1979) 421 copies

And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos (1984) 367 copies

A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor (1967) 318 copies

The Success and Failure of Picasso (1965) 317 copies

Another Way of Telling (1982) 315 copies

Once in Europa (1987) 314 copies

The Shape of a Pocket (2001) 310 copies

Here Is Where We Meet: A Story of Crossing Paths (2005) 302 copies

John Berger: Understanding a Photograph (2013) 281 copies

From A to X: A Story in Letters (2008) 273 copies

The Sense of Sight (1986) 258 copies

Portraits: John Berger on artists (2015) 252 copies

Selected Essays of John Berger (2001) 244 copies

Hold Everything Dear: Dispatches on Survival and Resistance (2007) 231 copies

Lilac and Flag (1990) 192 copies

Photocopies (1996) 190 copies

Landscapes: John Berger on art (2016) 189 copies

Bento's Sketchbook (2011) 187 copies

A Painter of Our Time (1958) 185 copies

A Seventh Man (1975) 154 copies

Why Look at Animals? (2009) 151 copies

King: A Street Story (1999) 150 copies

Art and Revolution: Ernst Neizvestny, Endurance, and the Role of the Artist (1969) 146 copies

Keeping a Rendezvous (1991) 115 copies

Confabulations (2016) 114 copies

Dürer: Watercolours and Drawings (1993) — Author — 110 copies

The Red Tenda of Bologna (2007) 107 copies

Corker's Freedom (1966) 98 copies

Permanent Red: Essays in Seeing. (1656) 85 copies

I Send You This Cadmium Red: A Correspondence Between John Berger and John Christie (2000) 63 copies

Into Their Labours (1991) 60 copies

The Look of Things (1972) 49 copies

Foot of Clive (1970) 46 copies

Berger on Drawing (2005) 45 copies

Steps Towards a Small Theory of the Visible (1997) 41 copies

Titian: Nymph and Shepherd (Pegasus Series) (1996) 37 copies

Cataract (1600) 36 copies

Railtracks (2011) — Author — 36 copies

Martine Franck: One Day to the Next (1998) 30 copies

Smoke (2016) 24 copies

What Time Is It? (2019) 20 copies

Daumier: Visions of Paris (2013) 20 copies

Moment of Cubism and Other Essays (1969) 18 copies

The White Bird: Writings (1985) 17 copies

Pages of the Wound: Poems, Drawings, Photographs, 1956-96 (1994) 16 copies

Ways of Seeing [video recording] 15 copies

Goya's last portrait : the painter played today (1989) 13 copies

Jonah Who Will Be Twenty-Five in the Year 2000 (1983) 13 copies

About Time (1985) 12 copies

Collected poems (2015) 11 copies

A Sparrow's Journey: John Berger reads Andrey Platonov (2016) 10 copies

The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol (Methuen Modern Plays) (1995) 10 copies

Meanwhile (2008) 9 copies

Jitka Hanzlová: Forest (2005) 9 copies

Ahlam Shibli: Trackers (2007) 8 copies

O Ana Adanmis (1998) 8 copies

Stemverheffing : een visie op de afgelopen drie jaar (1992) 8 copies

Hosbes (2016) 7 copies

Isabelle (1998) 5 copies

A Question of Geography (1987) 5 copies

From I to J (2009) 5 copies

Toisinkertoja (1987) 4 copies

La mia Russia 4 copies

Lapwing and Fox (2016) 4 copies

Rondó para Beverly (2015) 4 copies

Panorámicas: Ensayos sobre arte y política (2018) 4 copies

Sulla motocicletta (2019) 4 copies

Sobre los artistas Vol. 1 (2017) 3 copies

Cuatro horizontes : una visita a la capilla de Ronchamp de Le Corbusier (2015) 3 copies

Sobre Las Propiedades del Retrato Fotografico (Spanish Edition) (2006) 3 copies

Arturo Di Stefano (2001) 3 copies

Artists and writers : ways of seeing art in small countries 3 copies

John Berger- A Season in London 2005: Culture/ Collaboration/ Commitment (2005) 3 copies

Albrecht Dürer (1996) 2 copies

Gökyüzü Mavi Siyah - Bütün Şiirleri (2010) 2 copies

Sobre los artistas. Estuche 2 volúmenes (2018) 2 copies

Кофе с перцем 2 copies

Por qué miramos a los animales (2023) 2 copies

The Underground Sea (2024) 2 copies

Sobre los artistas. Vol. 2 (2018) 2 copies

Un homme sur la plage (2015) 2 copies

Esa belleza (2005) 2 copies

Poemes escollits (2019) 2 copies

Siirin Saati (1998) 2 copies

Kaip menas moko matyti (2019) 2 copies

Sobre los artistas (2017) 2 copies

Gute Nachrichten, Schlechte Nachrichten (1992) 2 copies

Contro i nuovi tiranni (2013) 2 copies

Wegzeichnung: Gedichte (2001) 2 copies

Ein Geschenk für Rosa (2018) 2 copies

Juan Munoz - Uma Restrospectiva 2 copies

Selected Essays and Articles 2 copies

Desde el taller : diálogo entre Yves y John Berger con Emmanuel Favre (2014) 2 copies

Comprendre une photographie (2017) 2 copies

Entretanto 2 copies

LA LIBERTE DE CORKER (2012) 1 copy

John Berger'in Görme Biçimleri - Bir Tahlil (2021) 1 copy

Ένας ζωγράφος του καιρού μας (2002) 1 copy

Fotocópias (Portuguese Edition) (2020) 1 copy

Landscapes John Berger on Art 1 copy

A Aparência das Coisas: Ensaios e Artigos Escolhidos 1 copy

Rays of the Rising Sun: Armed Forces of Japan's Asian Allies 1931-45 Volume 1: China and Manchukuo (2024) 1 copy

Renato Guttuso 1 copy

Rondo: Une élégie pour Beverly 1 copy

El pie de Clive 1 copy

Wet Rocks Seen from Above (1996) 1 copy

Bindu-Art-School: From: Pain to Paint (2006) — Herausgeber — 1 copy

Media And Society 1 copy

Landscapes: John Berger on Art 1 copy

Le Blaireau et le roi (2010) 1 copy

Meine Schöne: Essays, Geschichten, Gedichte (2006) 1 copy

Christoph Haensli: Mortadella (2009) 1 copy

The Nature of Mass Demonstrations 1 copy

La valle lunga 1 copy

John by Jean: Fifty Years of Friendship (2016) 1 copy

I have this book in my hands. . . . 1 copy

Velazquez Äsop. Erzählungen zur spanischen Malerei (1991) 1 copy

Para o Casamento 1 copy

Mal Pelo : Testimoni de llops : Pep Ramis i María Muñoz 1 copy

Woandershin: Farben - Kunst - Portraits (Edition Petrarca) (2019) 1 copy

Homenaje a John Berger : 8 de febrero de 2010 = Homage to John Berger : 8 February 2010 1 copy

Flying skirts : an elegy (2015) 1 copy

Swimming Pool 1 copy

El Sentido de La Vista (Spanish Edition) (1997) 1 copy

Şiirin Saati 1 copy

Here is Where We Meet John Berger- A Season in London 2005: Culture Collaboration Commitment 1 copy

Hayvanlara Nicin Bakariz? (2017) 1 copy

Picasso'nun Başarısı ve Başarısızlığı 1 copy

Poesía 1955-2008 (2014) 1 copy

La Libertad De Corker (2014) 1 copy

Tu turno (2022) 1 copy

Flamme et lilas (1996) 1 copy

Bolsões de Resistência (2004) 1 copy

Fotografiia i ee prednaznacheniia (2014) 1 copy

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Associated Works

Notebook of a Return to the Native Land (1939) — Translator, some editions — 544 copies

The Algebra of Infinite Justice (2001) — Preface, some editions — 345 copies

The official Fahrenheit 9/11 reader (2004) — Foreword — 330 copies

Soul: And Other Stories (2008) — Afterword, some editions — 299 copies

The Best American Essays 2009 (2009) — Contributor — 233 copies

Granta 25: The Murderee (1988) — Contributor — 162 copies

Granta 21: The Story-Teller (1987) — Contributor — 158 copies

Granta 35: An Unbearable Peace (1991) — Contributor — 139 copies

I Could Read the Sky (1997) — Preface, some editions — 107 copies

Jean Renoir (1973) — Contributor — 97 copies

Granta 15: The Fall of Saigon (1985) — Contributor — 97 copies

Between The Eyes: Essays On Photography And Politics (1656) — Introduction, some editions — 91 copies

Granta 18: The Snap Revolution (1986) — Contributor — 90 copies

Granta 147: 40th Birthday Special (2019) — Contributor — 58 copies

Granta 13: After the Revolution (1984) — Contributor — 54 copies

The Erotic Impulse: Honoring the Sensual Self (1992) — Contributor — 54 copies

The Case for Sanctions Against Israel (2012) — Contributor — 50 copies

Granta 9: John Berger, Boris (1983) — Contributor — 43 copies

War With No End (2007) — Contributor — 38 copies

Gli Alinari fotografi a Firenze, 1852-1920 (1977) — Introduction — 27 copies

The Best Spiritual Writing 2012 (2011) — Contributor — 27 copies

New Writing 13 (2005) — Contributor — 17 copies

Complicite Plays: Street of Crocodiles, The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol, and Mnemonic (2003) — Contributor — 14 copies

De mooiste verhalen van James Baldwin, John Berger, Jorge Luis Borges, Jane Bowles, Joseph Brodsky, Charles Bukowski,… (1990) — Contributor — 7 copies

Silence, Please!: Stories After the Works of Juan Munoz (1996) — Contributor — 7 copies

Verso 2015 Mixtape — Contributor — 2 copies

The Seasons In Quincy: Four Portraits Of John Berger [2016 film] — Himself — 2 copies

DoubleTake Magazine, Volume 5, No. 3 Summer, 1999 (1999) 1 copy

Drawing texts — Contributor — 1 copy

Surviving visions : the art of Iri Maruki and Toshi Maruki : an exhibition at the Massachusetts College of Art, March… — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Berger, John
Legal name: Berger, John Peter
Birthdate: 1926-11-05
Date of death: 2017-01-02
Gender: male
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: Highams Park, London, England, UK
Place of death: Antony, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Places of residence: Quincy, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Haute-Savoie, France
London, England, UK
Antony, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Education: Central School of Arts and Crafts
Chelsea School of Art
St Edward's School, Oxford
Occupations: painter
novelist
essayist
art critic
teacher (drawing)
artist
Relationships: Berger, Jacob (son)
Marriott, Pat (spouse | divorced)
Andreadakis, Katya Berger (child)
Berger, Yves-2 (child)
Bielski, Nella (co-author)
Organizations: British Army (1944-46)
The New Statesman
Awards and honors: Lannan Literary Award (Lifetime Achievement ∙ 2002)
Lannan Literary Award (Fiction ∙ 1989)
Booker Prize (1972)
James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1972)
Petrarca-Preis (1991)
Golden PEN Award (2009) (show all 7)
Guardian Fiction Prize (1972)

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Reviews

About Looking by John Berger

They say Berger is a writer of dazzling eloquence and arresting insight. For me the book was just a lot of words that signified nothing. I read more than half and realized I was getting nothing out of it, so I finally gave up.

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dvoratreis | 5 other reviews | May 22, 2024 |

A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor… by John Berger

It's a slim book, photos make up a lot of it, and even so I didn't finish it. I liked the vignettes with his patients, but when Berger started in on philosophy and psychology, I kept waiting for it to get back to the villagers, and it never did. Another book that is probably wonderful but not for me.

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dvoratreis | 10 other reviews | May 22, 2024 |

Pig Earth by John Berger

Pig Earth, the first of three volumes about the movement from rural to urban life, includes poems and short stories about rural life. Berger adds a historical afterword and interprets these stories as parables. Although the book falls into the novel category, I would consider it more appropriately described as existing in the space between memory and arrangement, or between memoir and imagination. In addition to writing about his personal experiences, Berger also acts as a watcher, an eavesdropper, and a covert sharer in the stories. Berger lives in the isolated Jura.
Berger tackles subjects like the lives of hard labor, the proximity of death, and the bond between farm animals and their owners in her kind and exquisite writing. The book is worth studying as people try to understand a world in transition… (more)

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jwhenderson | 9 other reviews | May 21, 2024 |