Gunnel Vallquist

Gunnel Vallquist ( born June 19, 1918 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish author and critic, and since 1982 a member of the Swedish Academy. As a Catholic Vallquist wrote mainly essays on religious topics. One of their greatest works is the Swedish translation of Marcel Proust's novel In Search of Lost Time, which was published 1965-1982.

Life

Gunnel Vallquist was born in Stockholm, the daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Gunnar Vallquist and his wife Lily (born Söderberg ). She studied Romance languages ​​, literature, history and Nordic languages ​​at Uppsala University and completed her studies in 1946 with an exam from.

Then she moved to France, where she came into contact with Sven Stolpe. At this time she had converted to Catholicism and had written as a student of Catholic magazines. From France, she continued with the text writing and wrote, among other things, for Bonnier Litterära Magasin, Dagens Nyheter and Svenska Dagbladet since 1952 as a writer and as a cultural essay author. Magnum opus, this, translation of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time, they began 1950. Culture as an author she made ​​sure that parts of French literature was made known to a Swedish audience.

In the 1950s she lived for several years in Rome and began including a biography of Giorgio La Pira, a Catholic, Christian Democratic politician from Florence.

Vallquists first book Nagot att leva för (1956 ) was a collection of essays. Her other books were characterized by journalistic formats, but contained little by literary traits. In their Dagbok Rome från ( 4 volumes, 1964-1966, in German translation under the title " The Second Vatican Council " appeared ) reported it from the second Vatican Council. Central church politics and current theological issues also shape the rest of their Autorentums.

Since 1976 Vallquist an honorary doctorate in theology at the University of Lund. In 1982, she was elected to succeed by Anders Osterling on chair No. 13 of the Swedish Academy. 1981, she was awarded an honorary by the Swedish Government appointed professor.

Works

  • Något att leva för, 1956
  • Giorgio La Pira: borgmästare och profet, 1957
  • Ett bländande mörker, 1958
  • Till concerning dagen gryr: anteckningar 1950-1958, 1959
  • Vägar till Gud, 1960
  • The oförstådda kärleken, 1961
  • Helgonens svar, 1963
  • Dagbok från Rome, 1964-66 (4 delar )
  • Kyrkor i uppbrott, 1968
  • Följeslagare: [ essayer ], 1975
  • Morgon och afton, 1976
  • Sökare och Siare: essayer, 1982
  • Web på vägen, 1983
  • Helena Nyblom, 1987
  • Katolska läroår: Uppsala -Paris- Rome, 1995
  • Vad väntar vi på egentligen: Texter om kristen Enhet 1968-2002, 2002
  • Lyricist i urval, 2008

Prizes and awards

  • Elsa Thulins Translation Prize 1966
  • Nature och Kulturs Culture Award 1975
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