Oliver Burkeman
British writer on time and limits; author of Four Thousand Weeks.
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Roles
The Guardian (before)
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- Oliver Burkeman is a British author and journalist.
- He wrote the weekly psychology column This Column Will Change Your Life for The Guardian from 2006 to 2020.
- His book Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals came out in 2021, followed by Meditations for Mortals.
- He now writes The Imperfectionist newsletter.
Key facts
- Born
- 19751
- Books
- Help!; The Antidote; Four Thousand Weeks (2021); Meditations for Mortals1
- Writes
- The Imperfectionist newsletter1
- Education
- Social and political sciences, Christ's College, Cambridge (1994); edited Varsity1
- Awards
- Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize (2006); Foreign Press Association science story of the year (2015)1
Roles
Before
Part of until 2020
The Guardian (weekly columnist, This Column Will Change Your Life) source on The Guardian
Links
Sources
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