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Swedish writer and translator

Gunnel Vallquist
Gunnel Vallquist in 1954Gunnel Vallquist in 1954
Born19 June 1918
Stockholm, Sweden
Died11 January 2016(2016-01-11) (aged 97)
Stockholm, Sweden
Occupationwriter, translator, linguist, literary critic
NationalitySwedish
EducationUppsala University
Notable awardsLitteris et Artibus (2005)
SpousesFolke Diurlin (m. 1936–1939)
ParentsLily Vallquist (mother)
RelativesAnne-Marie Edéus (sister)
Member of the Swedish Academy
(Seat No. 13)
In office
20 December 1982 – 11 January 2016
Preceded byAnders Österling
Succeeded bySara Stridsberg

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).

Bibliography

  • Något att leva för (1956)
  • Giorgio La Pira : borgmästare och profet (1957)
  • Ett bländande mörker (1958)
  • Till dess dagen gryr : anteckningar 1950–1958 (1959)
  • Vägar till Gud (1960)
  • Den oförstådda kärleken (1961)
  • Helgonens svar (1963)
  • Dagbok från Rom. D. 1, Journalistminnen från Vatikankonciliet (1964)
  • Dagbok från Rom. D. 2, Reformation i Vatikanen? (1964)
  • Dagbok från Rom. D. 3, Kyrkligt, världsligt, kvinnligt (1965)
  • Dagbok från Rom. D. 4, Uppbrott (1966)
  • Kyrkor i uppbrott (1968)
  • Interkommunion? : synpunkter på en kristen livsfråga (1969)
  • Följeslagare (1975)
  • Morgon och afton (1976)
  • Sökare och siare : essayer (1982)
  • Anders Österling : inträdestal i Svenska akademien (1982)
  • Steg på vägen (1983)
  • Notiser om Franska akademien (1985)
  • Helena Nyblom (1987)
  • Den romerske kuries metoder (1993)
  • Katolska läroår : Uppsala-Paris-Rom (1995)
  • Vad väntar vi egentligen på? : texter om kristen enhet 1968–2002
  • Guds ord till människorna : skrift och tradition enligt Dei Verbum (2007); co-authors: Rainer Carls & Birger Olsson
  • Texter i urval (2008)
  • Herre, låt mig få brinna : anteckningar 1950–1958 (2009)

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Preceded byAnders Österling Swedish Academy,
Seat No.13

1982–2016
Succeeded bySara Stridsberg
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