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Oliver Burkeman

British author and journalist

Oliver Burkeman is a British author and journalist who wrote a weekly column for The Guardian. His book Four Thousand Weeks looks at time and happiness.

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British Born 1975 in Liverpool, United Kingdom

Oliver Burkeman
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About Oliver Burkeman

Oliver Burkeman, born in 1975, is a British author and journalist. He worked as a feature writer at The Guardian, where he wrote the weekly psychology column This Column Will Change Your Life. He has won the Foreign Press Association's Young Journalist Award and was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize. His 2021 self-help book Four Thousand Weeks (subtitled Time Management for Mortals) draws on philosophy and psychology to explore how people handle their time and find happiness.

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