Gunnel Vallquist

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Gunnel Vallquist (born 19 June 1918), Swedish writer and translator, Vallquist was elected member of the Swedish Academy in 1982. Gunnel Vallquist is of the Catholic Church and has written several essays on Catholic religion of our time, among them reports from the Second Vatican Council. Her top achievement might be the translation into Swedish of the seven pieces novel In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust (started in 1965, completed in 1982).

Preceded by Anders Österling

Swedish Academy, Seat No.13 1982-

Succeeded by incumbent

	Members of the Swedish Academy
	1. Sten Rudholm • 2. Bo Ralph • 3. Sture Allén • 4. Lars Forssell • 5. Göran Malmqvist • 6. Birgitta Trotzig • 7. Knut Ahnlund • 8. Jesper Svenbro • 9. Torgny Lindgren • 10. Peter Englund • 11. Ulf Linde • 12. Per Wästberg • 13. Gunnel Vallquist • 14. Kristina Lugn • 15. Kerstin Ekman • 16. Kjell Espmark • 17. Horace Engdahl • 18. Katarina Frostenson