Gunnel Vallquist | |
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Born | 19 June 1918 , Sweden |
Died | 11 January 2016 | (aged 97)
Occupation | writer, translator |
Nationality | Swedish |
Gunnel Vallquist (19 June 1918 – 11 January 2016) was a Swedish writer and translator. Born in , Vallquist was elected a member of the Swedish Academy in 1982. Vallquist was a member of the Catholic Church and wrote several essays on Catholic religion in contemporary times, among them reports from the Second Vatican Council. She translated the seven-piece novel In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust into Swedish (1965–1982).