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
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Centenary events in preparation

Jun 29 2026

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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

May 16 2026

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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 English, also in Turki…
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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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Fifty Years of Seeing with John Berger (SEAC)

Nov 01 2023

2022, October 20-21 annual SEAC conference, University of Lorraine (Metz, France).By Société d’Études Anglaises Contemporaines, Society of Contemporary British Studies
For SEAC, Sarah Gould and Diane Leblond coordinated an international conference : “Ways of Picturing, Thinking and Telling Our Time: Fifty Years of Seeing with John Berger”.
Most of these contributions have then been published in the pub…
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Mientras quede una rosa

Feb 12 2026

Mientras Quede Una Rosa – Miradas de John Berger has been written by Javier Morales who interviewed many Iberian artists connected to John such as Marisa Camino, Manuel Rivas, Joaquín Araújo, Leticia Ruifernández… published in Spanish by Cuatro Lunas in February 2026.
More info on the publisher website
Book launch with Javier Morales in Spain 2026 :Plasencia, La Puerta de Tannhäusser. Febru…
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Lausanne: Théâtre Vidy and Complicité

Jun 15 2026

From 22nd of October to 8th of November in Lausanne, Théâtre Vidy and partners propose a wide range of events around the Simon McBurney solo show Questions for John, a Complicité production.
Actor and director, Simon McBurney was a close friend of John Berger. He founded the renowned maverick theatre company Complicité, with which they created in 1995 The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol adapted from John Berger…
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British Library – Biography book launch

Jun 15 2026

Thursday 3rd of September with Tom Overton and Gareth Evans.
In 2010, John Berger gave his archive to British Library […] Tom Overton got to know Berger as he catalogued this archive, and exchanges between them were a journey of discovery and rediscovery. Now, in an extraordinary new book, From Life (2026, Allen Lane Penguin) Tom Overton draws on this experience and a vast and previously unseen trove of mater…
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Do you know what I watch?

Jun 25 2026

Animal traces in John Berger’s work
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“Do you know what I watch?” is a choral reading devised by Katya Berger-Andreadakis. It will be read in several places by Katya, Jacob and Yves Berger, John Berger’s children. A family contribution to this centenary.
There is hardly any book of John Berger’s that doesn’t include a few pages about animals. Both as a writer and …
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