Gunnel Vallquist, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gunnel Vallquist

Swedish writer and translator, member of the Swedish Academy

Date of Birth: 19-Jun-1918

Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden

Date of Death: 11-Jan-2016

Profession: writer, translator, journalist, literary critic, linguist

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Gunnel Vallquist (19 June 1918 – 11 January 2016) was a Swedish writer and translator.
Born in Stockholm, 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).