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Daniel Tammet
AuthorBooks · Second handSince 1979
Daniel Paul Tammet 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.
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About Daniel Tammet
Birth
1979
First book
2006
Years writing
20
Daniel Paul Tammet 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.
Daniel Tammet is a renowned British writer and mathematician with savant syndrome.
His most iconic work, Born on a Blue Day, offers an intimate look at his personal experience.
Beyond his role as an author, Tammet is a passionate Esperantist and educator.
His bibliography includes seventeen works that explore intelligence and the workings of the human brain.
As a poet and essayist, his writing is noted for a unique sensitivity when addressing autobiographical themes.
