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Daniel Tammet
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British writer, mathematician, essayist and autistic savant
OverviewAI-generated
Daniel Tammet, born Daniel Paul Corney in 1979, is a United Kingdom national who resides in Paris. He works as a writer, Esperantist, computer scientist, and poet. Tammet speaks Esperanto, English, Finnish, and French, with English as his native language. He holds an honorary doctorate and is a member of the Royal Society of Arts.
His notable works include *Born on a Blue Day*, *Je Suis Ne un Jour Bleu*, *Nine Minds*, *Fragments de paradis*, and *La conquista del cerebro*. Tammet was educated at The Open University. He has been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, savant syndrome, synesthesia, and epilepsy.
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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
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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.