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Gunnel Vallquist

1918 - 2016

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Gunnel Vallquist (19 June 1918 – 11 January 2016) was a Swedish writer and translator. She was elected a member of the Swedish Academy. Vallquist wrote several essays on Catholic religion in contemporary times, and translated the seven-part novel In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust into Swedish. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gunnel Vallquist is the 5,348th most popular writer (up from 5,609th in 2019), the 887th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 941st in 2019) and the 73rd most popular Swedish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gunnel Vallquist ranks 5,348 out of 7,302. Before her are Suryakant Tripathi, Alexander Vostokov, Kama Sywor Kamanda, John Kaminiates, Michael Frayn, and Michael Herr. After her are Jayakanthan, Jacques Laurent, Günther Jauch, Park Yeon-mi, Elsa Joubert, and Narcyza Żmichowska.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Gunnel Vallquist ranks 248. Before her are Shunpei Uto, Cachao, René Rémond, Lohengrin Filipello, Artur Brauner, and Werner Peters. After her are Peter Blau, Jacques Baratier, Jorge Illueca, Hans Berglund, Horacio Casarín, and Said Mohamed Jaffar. Among people deceased in 2016, Gunnel Vallquist ranks 401. Before her are Aage Larsen, Joe Alaskey, Jean-Marie Doré, Müzahir Sille, Rita Gam, and Michael Herr. After her are Halfdan T. Mahler, Heinz Ulzheimer, Laurent Pokou, Whitney Smith, Herschell Gordon Lewis, and Burt Kwouk.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gunnel Vallquist ranks 887 out of 1,879. Before her are Ragnar Lundberg (1924), Gunde Svan (1962), José González (1978), Gudrun Schyman (1948), Britt Strandberg (1934), and Per Bertilsson (1892). After her are Egon Jönsson (1921), Patrik Sjöberg (1965), Erik Pettersson (1944), Staffan Tapper (1948), Jan Boklöv (1966), and Hjördis Nordin (1932).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Gunnel Vallquist ranks 73. Before her are Dagmar Lange (1914), Kjell Espmark (1930), Dagny Carlsson (1912), Mats Wahl (1945), Lukas Moodysson (1969), and Frank Heller (1886). After her are Per Olof Sundman (1922), Katarina Frostenson (1953), Albert Engström (1869), Peter Englund (1957), Mari Jungstedt (1962), and Johan Theorin (1963).

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