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  • Centenary publications in preparation

    Centenary publications in preparation

    *Version française ci-dessous* Across the world, many publishers are preparing launchings for various titles, for John Berger’s centenary in 2026. We can already announce the… READ MORE

  • Podcast Premières Saisons

    Podcast Premières Saisons

    The Swiss publisher Héros Limite has released a two-episode podcast by Clara Alloing and Alma Palacios about John’s trilogy INTO THEIR LABOURS (1979-1980). The two authors interviewed John’s neighbors in Mieussy (French Alps) as well as Yves… READ MORE

  • Centenary events in preparation

    Centenary events in preparation

    * Version française ci-dessous * As you know, 2026 will be the 100th anniversary of John’s birth ! During this… READ MORE

  • Lisbon – DOG ART on stage

    Lisbon – DOG ART on stage

    Lisbon (Portugal) 21st, 22nd and 23rd of November 2025 A stage adaptation of John Berger’s novel King: A Street Story (1999) will be directed by Pedro Alves and performed by second-year… READ MORE

  • Centenary Visual

    Centenary Visual

    John Berger would have been 100 years old in 2026. Several rendez-vous will take place to celebrate this anniversary, and… READ MORE

  • Questions for John

    Questions for John

    1st date : 19th of August 2025 at Edinburgh International Festival (EIF). A Complicité ProductionConceived & Performed by Simon McBurneyProduced… READ MORE

  • Seoul Pillar Bookshop

    Seoul Pillar Bookshop

    All Pages for John Berger June 17 to July 6, 2025 – Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea. Pillar… READ MORE

  • Postdam conference

    Postdam conference

    John Berger: the poetics and politics of collaboration June 11-13 International conference, Postdam university. Collaboration is a leitmotif that runs through… READ MORE

  • Argentina theater : DE A PARA X

    Argentina theater : DE A PARA X

    Ana Cinkö adapted John Berger’s book From A To X (2008), into a theater play with her company Compania.be in… READ MORE

  • Photocopies: Prison Stories

    Photocopies: Prison Stories

    Hannah White’s work is all about connection and solidarity: listening and sharing what she has heard is at the heart… READ MORE

  • Dance Mal Pelo 2025 We

    Dance Mal Pelo 2025 We

    On several occasions, John Berger has collaborated with Maria Muñoz and Pep Ramis who lead the dance company Mal Pelo.… READ MORE

  • Athens Exhibition: Why Look at Animals?

    Athens Exhibition: Why Look at Animals?

    Athens, from 16th of May 2025 to 15th of February 2026 Curated by Katerina Gregos, Why Look at Animals? A… READ MORE


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.