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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 & recognition
- Groeneveld Award · 2011
- Scott Moncrieff Prize · 2005
- Booker Prize · 1972
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize · 1972
- Booker Prize · 2008 · nominated
