John Berger

1926–2017

English art critic, novelist, painter and poet whose work joined left-wing politics with attention to art and labour. Born in London, he trained at the Chelsea School of Art and the Central School of Art and Design, and wrote criticism for the New Statesman. His BBC series and book Ways of Seeing appeared in 1972, the year his novel G. won the Booker Prize; he gave half the money to the British Black Panthers. He left Britain in 1962 for France and died in January 2017. From A to X was longlisted for the 2008 Man Booker Prize.

Timeline of John Berger’s life

Works

• From A to X (2008)

Prizes

• From A to X — The Booker Prize 2008: Longlist