Vladimir Devidé

 

Biography

Vladimir Devidé was born in Zagreb on May 3rd, 1925.

B.Sc. (Civil Engineering), 1951, and Sc.D. (mathematics), 1956. Retired Full Professor of the University of Zagreb and Full Member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Post-doctoral studies in Israel (1960) and in Japan (1961-1963).

Visiting professor at Monash University, Australia (1968), and Ohio State University in Columbus, USA (1971). Participated in numerous international mathematical congresses and symposia. Croatian «Rudjer Boskovic» Prize for Scientific Achievement (1961), Prize of the City of Zagreb (1982), «Le Prix CIDALC» (1977), and the Japanese Order of the Sacred Treasure (1983).

In the field of mathematics he has published 40 scientific papers and about 200 essays and articles, and held some 60 public lectures about results of his scientific work. He has published 15 books on mathematics. 

In the field of Japanology and literature he has published more than 200 essays and articles in Croatian, American, Japanese, German, etc, literary journals and  magazines, as well as 17 books.