What is Gunnel Vallquist?
{{Infobox person | name = Gunnel Vallquist | image =Gunnel Vallquist.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Gunnel Vallquist | pronunciation = | birth_place = [[Stockholm]] | baptised = 19 June 1918 | death_date = 11 January (aged 93) | death_place = Stockholm | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | residence = | nationality = Swedish | ethnicity = | citizenship = | occupation = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | home_town = | parents = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = }} '''Gunnel Vallquist''' (19 June 1918 &ndash; 11 January 2016) was a [[Swedish people|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 language|French]] into [[Swedish language|Swedish]]. She was born in [[Stockholm]]. Vallquist died on 11 January 2016, aged 97.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/kultur/article22071875.ab|title=Akademieledamoten Gunnel Vallquist är död|work=[[Aftonbladet]]|language=sv|date=11 January 2016|access-date=12 January 2016}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vallquist, Gunnel}} [[Category:1918 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Swedish translators]] [[Category:Writers from Stockholm]] {{Bio-stub}}