title: Gunnel Vallquist
text: # Gunnel Vallquist
  
  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).
  
  