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Daniel Tammet
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British writer, mathematician, essayist and autistic savant
OverviewAI-generated
Daniel Tammet is a British writer, poet, computer scientist, and Esperantist. Born on 31 January 1979 in London, he holds United Kingdom citizenship and resides in Paris. He was educated at The Open University and is a member of the Royal Society of Arts. Tammet has received an honorary doctorate. He speaks English, Esperanto, Finnish, and French.
His medical conditions include Asperger syndrome, savant syndrome, synesthesia, and epilepsy. He has authored seventeen works, including *Born on a Blue Day*, *Nine Minds*, *Je Suis Ne un Jour Bleu*, *Fragments de paradis*, and *La conquista del cerebro*. He is also identified in the acting department.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 17
Top works
- Je Suis Ne un Jour Bleu
- Born on a Blue Day (Digital Download)
- Nine Minds
- Fragments de paradis (French Edition)
- La conquista del cerebro
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Essex, England, UK
Known for
- On n'est pas couché — Self - Guest2006
- Extraordinary People: The Boy with the Incredible Brain — Himself2005
- Brainman2005
- Tout le monde en parle — Self2004
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Daniel Paul Corney , ( 1979-01-31 ) 31 January 1979 (age 47) , Barking , London , England
- Occupation
- Essayist memoirist novelist
- Alma mater
- Open University
- Period
- 2006–present
- Subject
- Memoir essays
- Notable works
- Born on a Blue Day (2006)
- Spouse
- Jérôme Tabet
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Daniel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Occupation
- poet
- Educated at
- The Open University
- Languages spoken
- Esperanto
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- honorary doctorate
- Official website
- www.optimnem.co.uk
- Image
- Daniel Tammet Paris portrait.jpg
- Residence
- Paris
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- date of birth
- 1979-01-31
- Commons category
- Daniel Tammet
- official blog URL
- optimnemblog.blogspot.com
- birth name
- Daniel Paul Corney
- medical condition
- savant syndrome
- sexual orientation
- homosexuality
- member of
- Royal Society of Arts
- name in native language
- Daniel Paul Tammet
- pseudonym
- Daniel Tammet
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
Daniel Paul Tammet (born Daniel Paul Corney; 31 January 1979) is an English writer and savant. His memoir, Born on a Blue Day (2006), is about his early life with Asperger syndrome and savant syndrome, and was named a "Best Book for Young Adults" in 2008 by the American Library Association's Young Adult Library Services magazine. Tammet's second book, Embracing the Wide Sky, was one of France's best-selling books of 2009. His third book, Thinking in Numbers, was published in 2012 by Hodder & Stoughton in the United Kingdom and in 2013 by Little, Brown and Company in the United States and Canada. Tammet's books have been published in over 20 languages.
Tammet was elected in 2012 to serve as a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Daniel Tammet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.