Oliver Burkeman

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Oliver Burkeman
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Burkeman in 2015
Born1975 (age 50–51) [1]
Education Huntington School, York [2]
Alma mater University of Cambridge [3]
OccupationsAuthor and journalist
Employer The Guardian
Known for Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Website www.oliverburkeman.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Oliver Burkeman (born 1975) [1] is a British author and journalist, formerly writing the weekly column This Column Will Change Your Life for the newspaper The Guardian . [4] [5] [6] In 2021, he published Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals , a self-help book on the philosophy and psychology of time management and happiness . [7]

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Early life and education

Burkeman was educated at Huntington School, York, [2] and the University of Cambridge. He was an undergraduate student at Christ’s College, Cambridge, and served as editor of the student newspaper Varsity . He graduated in 1994 with a degree in social and political sciences. While still in primary school, Burkeman wrote and distributed homemade one-page newsletters to his classmates. [3] [8]

Career

Between 2006 and 2020, Burkeman wrote a popular weekly column on psychology, titled "This Column Will Change Your Life". [6] He has reported from London, Washington and New York. Burkeman now produces the Imperfectionist newsletter. [3]

Publications

Burkeman's published books include:

Awards and honours

Burkeman was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize in 2006. [12] He won the "Young journalist of the year" award of the Foreign Press Association (FPA). [13] [14] In 2015, he won the Foreign Press Association's science story of the year for a piece on the mystery of consciousness. [15]

References

  1. 1 2 Oliver Burkeman at Library of Congress
  2. 1 2 Anon (2011). "Author Oliver Burkeman visits Huntington School". yorkpress.co.uk. York: The Press.
  3. 1 2 3 Brundle, Lotte (2022). "Ex-Varsity editor would tell student self to 'chill out': Oliver Burkeman on journalism, fatherhood and Cambridge anxiety". varsity.co.uk. Varsity. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Oliver Burkeman". The Guardian . London. 3 October 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  5. ↑ Oliver Burkeman on Twitter OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  6. 1 2 Burkeman, Oliver (2020). "This column will change your life". The Guardian . Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  7. 1 2 Burkeman, Oliver (2021). Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN   9780374159122. OCLC   1182580330.
  8. ↑ James, Victoria (2018). "On Boredom: Before the internet, boredom was something to be feared. Today, experts are wondering whether it might actually be good for us". cam.ac.uk. CAM: University of Cambridge alumni magazine. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022.
  9. ↑ Burkeman, Oliver (2011). HELP!: How to Become Slightly Happier and Get a Bit More Done. London: Canongate Books. ISBN   978-0-85786-025-5.
  10. ↑ Burkeman, Oliver (2012). The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking. London: Faber & Faber. ISBN   9780865479418.
  11. ↑ "Meditations for Mortals". Macmillan.
  12. ↑ Anon (19 October 2010). "Oliver Burkeman". The Orwell Prize. The Orwell Foundation. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  13. ↑ "Foreign Press Awards - the winners". The Guardian. 27 November 2002. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  14. ↑ Anon (2012). "Oliver Burkeman". thersa.org. Royal Society of Arts. Archived from the original on 26 December 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  15. ↑ Anon (25 November 2015). "The Guardian wins six FPA Media awards". theguardian.com. Retrieved 27 November 2016.


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