Some of the best papers about his life and his work: From the notices of the AMS: http://www.ams.org/notices/200409/fea-grothendieck-part1.pdf http://www.ams.o

Some of the best papers about his life and his work: From the notices of the AMS: http://www.ams.org/notices/200409/fea-grothendieck-part1.pdf http://www.ams.org/notices/200409/fea-grothendieck-part1.pdf http://www.ams.org/notices/200410/fea-grothendieck-part2.pdf http://www.ams.org/notices/200410/fea-grothendieck-part2.pdf By Pierre Cartier: http://xahlee.info/math/i/Alexander_Grothendieck_cartier.pdf http://xahlee.info/math/i/Alexander_Grothendieck_cartier.pdf By Pierre Deligne (in French): http://www.emis.de/journals/SC/1998/3/pdf/smf_sem-cong_3_11-19.pdf http://www.emis.de/journals/SC/1998/3/pdf/smf_sem-cong_3_11-...