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British journalist
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]
[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]
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.
[3]
[8]
Career
Between 2006 and 2020 Burkeman wrote a popular weekly column on psychology, This Column Will Change Your Life.
[6] He has reported from London, Washington and New York.
Publications
Burkeman's published books include:
Awards and honours
Burkeman was shortlisted for the
Orwell Prize in 2006.
[11] He won the Foreign Press Association (FPA) young journalist of the year award.[
when? ]
[12]
In 2015 he won the Foreign Press Association (FPA) science story of the year for a piece on the mystery of
consciousness .
[13]
References
^
a
b
Oliver Burkeman at
Library of Congress
^
a
b Anon (2011).
"Author Oliver Burkeman visits Huntington School" . yorkpress.co.uk . York:
The Press .
^
a
b 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.
^
"Oliver Burkeman" . theguardian.com/profile/oliverburkeman . London:
The Guardian . 3 October 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2012 .
^
a
b Burkeman, Oliver (2020).
"This column will change your life" . theguardian.com .
The Guardian . Retrieved 6 September 2020 .
^
a
b Burkeman, Oliver (2021). Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals . New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
ISBN
9780374159122 .
OCLC
1182580330 .
^ 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.
^ Burkeman, Oliver (2011). HELP!: How to Become Slightly Happier and Get a Bit More Done . London:
Canongate Books .
ISBN
978-0-85786-025-5 .
^ Burkeman, Oliver (2012). The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking . London:
Faber & Faber .
ISBN
9780865479418 .
^ Anon (19 October 2010).
"Oliver Burkeman" . The Orwell Prize .
The Orwell Foundation . Archived from
the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2012 .
^ Anon (2012).
"Oliver Burkeman" . thersa.org .
Royal Society of Arts . Archived from
the original on 26 December 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2012 .
^ Anon (25 November 2015).
"The Guardian wins six FPA Media awards" . theguardian.com . Retrieved 27 November 2016 .
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