[pierre_d528]

  > ... **Not Judging** ...
  > ...
  > Despite it all, I hope to have achieved a truthful text that illustrates the
  > **unclassifiable** person Grothendieck was.
  > ...
  > The quite unusual style of writing—with sentences, subsentences, and the
  > excessive use of cross references—intrigued me. One of my friends, a
  > professional psychoan-alyst, declared that **the author was paranoiac**.

Ignore this guy and just read Récolte & Semailles[1]

[1]: https://www.quarante-deux.org/archives/klein/prefaces/Romans...

[mikorym]

I think the point of the post is 1) it's new and 2) it's a recollection by an older mathematician. These are always valuable and would be lost if not told, despite any other sources or stories already available.

[ajudson]

Do you know if there is any full English translation of this?

[alderz]

I don't know about a full translation, but some is translated and available here: https://www.fermentmagazine.org/rands/recoltes1.html

And more texts are available here: https://webusers.imj-prg.fr/~leila.schneps/grothendieckcircl...

[pierre_d528]

Unfortunately, no... But the french used by Grothendieck is surprisingly simple : it should not be too much of a challenge with Google translate, a couple of months and some courage.

[nabla9]

Neither of those sentences is judgemental.