Hackney: Night of celebration

5th November 2024 Hackney Museum

John Berger was born on 5th of November 1926 in Stoke Newington, Hackney district of London. On Tuesday 5th of November 2024, Hackney team for Libraries, Heritage and Culture organised a night of celebration at Dalston CLR James Library with Ken Worpole, Farrukh Dhondy and Tom Overton.

“A fantastic night in honour of Booker Prize winner, art critic and poet John Berger at Dalston C.L.R James Library. We were joined by Ken Worpole, Farrukh Dhondy and Tom Overton, who shared memories of their friendship with Berger and provided a fascinating insight into Berger’s life in Hackney and friendship with the library’s namesake C.L.R James. ” by Hackney team for Libraries, Heritage and Culture.

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JOHN BERGER

Storyteller, essayist, novelist, screenwriter, playwright, painter and critic, John Berger (1926-2017) is one of the most internationally influential writers of the last fifty years. Solo or in collaboration with Jean Mohr for example, he published more than 30 titles, the Booker Prize winning novel G and the best-seller Ways of Seeing. He has also published articles in the most important newspapers around the world.

He used to work and live in Quincy, a small French peasant community, the setting for his trilogy Into their Labours.

Painters, cineasts, writers, dancers, curators have been and are still inspired by his work, this website is a window on these TODAY creations.