Gunnel Vallquist

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Gunnel Vallquist (born June 19, 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. Anders Olsson • 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
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NAME Vallquist, Gunnel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Swedish writer and translator, member of the Swedish Academy
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm, Sweden
DATE OF DEATH living
PLACE OF DEATH