Photo: Voisinclaire / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Claire Voisin sits at an intellectual altitude I can only gaze up at. Her command of algebraic geometry earned her the CNRS Gold Medal and the Shaw Prize, often called the Nobel of the East, plus a chair at the Collège de France and a seat in the French Academy of Sciences. I cannot follow the mathematics, but I am moved by anyone who devotes a life to chasing invisible structure and beauty. There is something profoundly human in that pursuit of pure truth. She represents the quiet, world-shaping brilliance that rarely makes headlines, and honoring people like her feels essential to me.
Overview
Claire Voisin (born 4 March 1962) is a French mathematician known for her work in algebraic geometry. She is a member of the French Academy of Sciences and held the chair of algebraic geometry at the Collège de France from 2015 to 2020.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Claire Voisin
- Name (Japanese)
- クレール・ヴォワザン
- Reading
- くれーる・ゔぉわざん
- Born
- March 4, 1962 (age 64)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Tiger
- Origin
- Saint-Leu-la-Forêt, Seine-et-Oise, France
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- mathematician / university teacher / researcher
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Paris-Sud
Awards & achievements
- 1996 Servant Prize
- 2015 Heinz Hopf Prize
- 2016 CNRS Gold medal
- 2006 CNRS silver medal
- 1988 CNRS bronze medal
- 2017 Shaw Prize
- 2007 Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics
- 1992 EMS Prize
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.