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Etienne Leroux | |
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| Born | Stephanus Petrus Daniël le Roux 13 June 1922 Oudtshoorn, Western Cape,Union of South Africa |
| Died | 30 December 1989 |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Afrikaans |
| Nationality | South African |
| Alma mater | Grey College BloemfonteinStellenbosch University |
Etienne Leroux (bornStephanus Petrus Daniël le Roux; 13 June 1922 – 30 December 1989) was anAfrikaans writer and a member of the South AfricanSestigers literary movement.[1]
Etienne Leroux was born inOudtshoorn in theWestern Cape on 13 June 1922 as Stephanus Petrus Daniël le Roux, son ofStephanus Petrus le Roux, aSouth AfricanMinister of Agriculture. He studied law atStellenbosch University (BA, LLB) and worked for a short time at a solicitor's office inBloemfontein. From 1946 he farmed and lived as a writer on his farm in theKoffiefontein district. Etienne was a pupil at Grey College Bloemfontein where he matriculated.
An English translation of his 1964 novelEen vir Azazel (lit. "One forAzazel") was published in 1968 asOne for the Devil. In his book review forOne for the Devil,Graham Greene wrote: "His audience will be the audience that only a good writer can merit, an audience which assembles slowly from far away in ones and twos; while the big book club motorcoaches hurtle down the highway toward oblivion, the rumour spreads that here an addition will be found to the literature of our time."[2]
Several of his books were banned by the government of South Africa.[3]
He died on 30 December 1989, and was buried at the family church yard of Wamakersdrift, of which his farm formed part.
The English translations ofDie Silberstein-trilogie were also published as a single volume:To a Dubious Salvation: A Trilogy of Fantastical Novels (Penguin, 1972).
Abiography of Etienne Leroux,Leroux: 'n Lewe, by the respected biographer of Afrikaans writers,John Christoffel Kannemeyer, was published in July 2008.
Misterie van die alchemis. 'n Inleiding tot Etienne Leroux se negedelige romansiklus. (By Charles Malan)
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