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Daniel Tammet

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Daniel Tammet

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Also known as Daniel Paul Tammet, Daniel Paul Corney

British writer, mathematician, essayist and autistic savant

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Within Vinony's link graph, Daniel Tammet is referenced by 197 other articles, and connects out to savant syndrome, synesthesia and Allan Snyder.

It is catalogued under topics including 1979 births, 21st-century English LGBTQ people and Autistic LGBTQ people.

Its subject is documented across 35 Wikipedia language editions.

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

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Film & TV

Acting · 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

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
375
Total plays
5,318

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Quotes

  • My algebra was relatively poor. I found it very difficult to use equations that substituted numbers — to which I had a synesthetic and emotional response — for letters, to which I had none. It was because of this that I decided not to continue math at Advanced level, but chose to study history, French and German instead.
  • I had eventually come to understand that friendship was a delicate, gradual process that mustn't be rushed or seized upon but allowed and encouraged to take its course over time. I pictured it as a butterfly, simultaneously beautiful and fragile, that once afloat belonged to the air and any attempt to grab at it would only destroy it.

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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

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Wikidata facts

Official website
www.optimnem.co.uk
Image
Daniel Tammet Paris portrait.jpg
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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
name in native language
Daniel Paul Tammet
pseudonym
Daniel Tammet
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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.

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