Laureate

Kunihiko Kodaira

1915–1997 · Japan · Male

Awards

  1. 1954

    Fields Medal

    Math

    Achieved major results in the theory of harmonic integrals and numerous applications to Kählerian and more specifically to algebraic varieties. He demonstrated, by sheaf cohomology, that such varieties are Hodge manifolds.

  2. 1984/1985

    Wolf Prize — Mathematics

    Math

    for his outstanding contributions to the study of complex manifolds and algebraic varieties.