Oliver Burkeman

Oliver Burkeman (born 1975) is a British journalist (principally for the newspaper The Guardian[1]) and writer.

Burkeman in 2015

Early life and education

Educated at Huntington School, York, he graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1994.

Career

Between 2006 and 2020 Burkeman wrote a popular weekly column on psychology, This Column Will Change Your Life,[2]. He has reported from London, Washington and New York. He has his own blog. His published books are listed below.

Works
  • HELP!: How to Become Slightly Happier and Get a Bit More Done, 2011 (London: Canongate Books), ISBN 978-0-85786-025-5
  • The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking, 2012 (London: Faber & Faber), ISBN 9780865479418
  • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, 2021 (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux), ISBN 9780374159122

Recognition

Burkeman was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize in 2006.[3] He won the Foreign Press Association's Young Journalist of the Year award.[4]

In 2015 he won the FPA's Science Story of the Year for a piece on the mystery of consciousness.[5]

References
  1. "Oliver Burkeman". The Guardian. London. 3 October 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  2. "This column will change your life | Life and style | The Guardian". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  3. "Oliver Burkeman". The Orwell Prize. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  4. "Oliver Burkeman". RSA. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  5. "The Guardian wins six FPA Media awards". 25 November 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2016.



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