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John Berger was born in London in 1926. He is well known for his novels and stories as well as for his works of nonfiction, including several volumes of art criticism. His first novel, A Painter of Our Time, was published in 1958, and since then his books have included Ways of Seeing, the fiction trilogy Into Their Labours, and the novel G., which won the Booker Prize in 1972. In 1962 he left Britain permanently, and lived in a small village in the French Alps. He died in 2017.
"One of the world's most influential art critics... and one of the
most original of contemporary thinkers... Berger's ability to see
something clearly, with fresh surprise yet profound understanding,
makes his writing singularly moving and informative." -- Washington
Times
"Berger's mind travels the globe, and its range is astonishing . .
. unfailingly interesting."--New York Times Book Review.
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