What is John Berger?
{{Infobox writer |name = John Berger |image = John Berger-2009 (6).jpg |image_size = |caption = Berger in 2009 |birth_name = John Peter Berger |birth_date = {{birth date|1926|11|5|df=y}} |birth_place = [[London Borough of Hackney|Hackney]], [[London]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom|U.K.]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2017|1|2|1926|11|5|df=y}} |death_place = [[Paris]], [[France]] |occupation = Novelist |language = English |nationality = British |education = [[St Edward's School, Oxford]] |alma_mater = [[Chelsea School of Art]]; [[Central School of Art]] |genre = Writer |awards = [[James Tait Black Memorial Prize]]; [[Booker Prize]] (1972) }} '''John Peter Berger''' (5 November 1926 &ndash; 2 January 2017) was an English [[art critic]], novelist, painter and poet. Berger was born in [[London Borough of Hackney|Hackney]], London, England. He was the son of Miriam (nee Branson) and Stanley Berger.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk|title=FreeBMD Home Page|access-date=2 January 2015}}</ref> Berger served in the [[British Army]] from 1944 to 1946. He studied at the [[Chelsea School of Art]] and the [[Central School of Art]] in London. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://dictionaryofarthistorians.org/bergerj.htm|title=John Berger - Dictionary of Art Historians}}</ref> He lived in France for over 50 years. Berger's novel ''[[G. (novel)|G.]]'' won the 1972 [[Booker Prize]]. He wrote an essay on art criticism, ''[[Ways of Seeing]]''. The essay was written as an accompaniment to a [[BBC]] series. It is often used as a university text. Berger died on 2 January 2017 in [[Paris]] at the age of 90.<ref>{{cite news|title=John Berger, art critic and author, dies aged 90|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jan/02/john-berger-art-critic-and-author-dies-aged-90|publisher=The Guardian|date=2017-01-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBIT_JOHN_BERGER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-01-02-15-21-08|title = John Berger, pio