Gunnel Vallquist

Swedish writer and translator, member of the Swedish Academy (1918-2016)

Gunnel Vallquist (19 June 1918 – 11 January 2016) was a Swedish writer and translator. She became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1982. She wrote over twenty books. She also translated In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust from French into Swedish. She was born in Stockholm.

Gunnel Vallquist
Gunnel Vallquist
Born
Baptised19 June 1918
Died11 January (aged 93)
Stockholm
NationalitySwedish

Vallquist died on 11 January 2016, aged 97.[1]

References change

  1. "Akademieledamoten Gunnel Vallquist är död". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 11 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.