About John Berger

  • John by Jean

    Book 2016
    About John Berger, Books, Collaborations, Countryside, Family, France, Jean Mohr, Peasants, Photography, Quincy, Tributes

    John by Jean, Fifty Years of Friendship, edited by Jim Savage with Simone and Jean Mohr photographs, first publication in 2016.

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  • Seeing Through Drawing

    Book 2017
    About John Berger, Art, Books, Collaborations, Drawing, John Christie, Katya Berger Andreadakis, Letters, Painting, Tributes, UK, Yves Berger

    Seeing Through Drawing, art catalogue, texts and correspondences with John Berger and others, edited by John Christie, first edition in 2017.

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  • Books about John Berger

    Book 1999
    About John Berger, Books, Collaborations, Essays, Maria Nadotti, Poetry, Tributes

    Edited by Nikos Papastergiadis : What John Berger Saw (1999)Written and edited by Olivier Cohen : Pour saluer John Berger (2002, in french)Edited by Di Robson and Gareth Evans : John Berger – A Season in London (2005)Edited by Maria Nadotti : John Berger (2011, in Italian) ; Trasporti e traslochi, Raccontare John Berger (2014, in Italian)Edited by Yasmin Gunaratnam with Amarjit Chandan : A Jar of wild flowers, ess…
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  • Iona Heath Ways of Learning

    Sep 12 2024

    The English Doctor Iona Heath, wrote Ways of Learning – John Berger for the Oxford University Press collection “My Reading” which offers personal models of what it is like to care about particular authors and works and to show their effect upon a reader’s own thinking and development. It includes Iona and John’s correspondance over nearly 20 years.
    More information on Oxford University Press
    Iona Heath a…
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  • Nikos Papatergiadis John Berger and Me

    Aug 01 2024

    The Australian sociologist based at the University of Melbourne wrote this book about his friendship with John, their reflections, especially about migrants and migration.
    More information on Giramondo website
    © John Berger Estate

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  • Centenary events in preparation

    Nov 17 2025

    * Version française ci-dessous *
    As you know, 2026 will be the 100th anniversary of John’s birth ! During this coming year, many events will take place to celebrate John Berger’s work and collaborations. Exhibitions, performances, lectures, screenings, theatre creations, publications and more are to be expected. From small alternative initiatives to bigger national institutions, the range of events will be l…
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  • Questions for John

    Aug 19 2025

    1st date : 19th of August 2025 at Edinburgh International Festival (EIF).
    A Complicité ProductionConceived & Performed by Simon McBurneyProduced by Tim BellSound design by Ross FlightDramaturg/Creative Associate: Jaz Woodcock-Stewart
    Questions for JohnA work in progress from Complicité Artistic Director Simon McBurney.
    Why is it so easy for us to look away?How did we get here? What have we allowed to …
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  • Centenary publications in preparation

    Dec 01 2025

    *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 following upcoming publications:
    TO TELL A STORY, a transcription of dialogues between Susan Sontag and John Berger, edited by Benoît Bourreau. Published by Canongate in&nbsp…
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  • Podcast Premières Saisons

    Nov 20 2025

    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 Berger, to whose voices they added sound archives and readings by…
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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.