John Berger
John Berger John Berger, Strasbourg, 2009 Born John Peter Berger (1926-11-05) 5 November 1926 (age 88) London Borough of Hackney, UK Occupation Novelist Language English Nationality British Education St Edward's School, Oxford Alma mater Chelsea School of Art; Central School of Art Genre Writer Notable awards James Tait Black Memorial Prize; Booker Prize John Peter Berger (born 5 November 1926) is 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 a BBC series, is often used as a university text.