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- Birth nameJohn Peter Berger
- John Berger was born on November 5, 1926 in Stoke Newington, London, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976), The Salamander (1971) and The Play on One (1988). He was married to Patricia Marriott, Anya Bostock and Beverly Bancroft. He died on January 2, 2017 in Antony, Hauts-de-Seine, Paris, France.
- SpousesPatricia Marriott(1949 - 195?) (divorced)Anya Bostock(195? - 197?) (2 children)Beverly Bancroft(197? - July 30, 2013) (her death, 1 child)
- Children
- RelativesMichael Berger(Sibling)Vivian Berger(Niece or Nephew)
- Son of Stanley Berger and Miriam Berger (née Branson). Brother of Michael Berger, uncle of Vivian Berger. Father, with Anya Bostock, of Katya Berger Andreadakis and Jacob Berger, with Beverly Bancroft, of Yves Berger.
- Essayist, novelist, playwright, poet, and art critic. He attended art school, taught drawing in university, painted, and exhibited his work in British galleries. He was invited to give a series of talks on art for the BBC World Service. He showed the scripts for some of his broadcasts to the literary editor of the New Statesman, and began a 10-year stint as a controversial and influential art critic.
- [on Francis Bacon] It is not with Goya or the early Eisenstein that he should be compared, but with Walt Disney.
- Men dream of women. Women dream of themselves being dreamt of.
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