Born in Draguignan (Var), France, April 1, 1947.
Attended l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, 1966-1970.
Research Fellow, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1970-1974.
Visiting Research Fellow, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, 1975.
Associate Professor and Professor, University of Paris VI, 1976-1980.
Director of Research, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1981.
Long Term Professor and Léon Motchane Professor,
Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, 1979-.
Professor,
Collège de France, 1984-.
Invited address, International Congress of Mathematicians, Vancouver (1974).
Invited plenary address, International Congress of Mathematicians, Helsinki (1978).
Invited address, International Congress of Mathematicians, Berkeley (1986).
Prix Aimée Berthé de l'Académie des Sciences (1975).
Prix Peccot-Vimont du Collège de France (1976).
Médaille d'argent du CNRS (1975).
Prix Ampère de l'Académie des Sciences (1980).
Fields Medal (1982).
Crafoord Prize (2001).
Doctor Honoris Causa, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada (1979).
Foreign Associate Member of the Academy of Sciences of Denmark (1980).
Member of
l'Académie des Sciences de France (1983).
Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1990).
Foreign Associate Member of the Academy of Sciences of Norway (1993).
Foreign Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1996).
Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Rome Tor Vergata (1997).
Foreign Associate Member of the National Academy of Sciences USA (1997).