Quote of the day
Joy is like restless day; but peace divine
Like quiet night;
Lead me, O Lord, — till perfect Day shall shine
Through Peace to Light.
John Berger
Born: November 5, 1926
Died: January 2, 2017 (aged 90)
Bio: John Peter Berger was an English art critic, novelist, painter and poet. His novel G. won the 1972 Booker Prize, and his essay on art criticism Ways of Seeing, written as an accompaniment to a BBC series, is often used as a university text.
Known for:
- Ways of Seeing (1972)
- A Seventh Man (1975)
- Pig Earth (1979)
- From A to X (2008)
- Bento's Sketchbook (2011)
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