John Berger was born on 5th of November 1926 in Stoke Newington, Hackney district of London. On Tuesday 5th of November 2024, Hackney Museum organised a night of celebration with Ken Worpole, Farrukh Dhondy and Tom Overton.
Hackney Museum: Night of celebration
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.