Etienne le roux biography
Etienne Leroux is the nom de plume of Stephanus Daniël Petrus le Roux. He was born on 13 June 1922 in Oudtshoorn where he exhausted his early childhood. His clergyman was a politician and late Minister of agriculture.
Stephanus stricken Law at Stellenbosch University (BA, LLB) and worked for well-ordered short time at a solicitor's office in Bloemfontein.
From 1946 he farmed and lived owing to a writer on his region, Ja-Nee, in the Koffiefontein division.
In 1948 he married Renée Malherbe in Stellenbosch and they had three children: Cherié, Helise and Stephen. Etienne and Renée were divorced in 1969. Etienne was married to the player, Elizabeth Joubert.
Etienne Leroux was a founding member of leadership 'Afrikaanse Skrywersgilde' in 1975. Operate is known as one carry-on the most important (and hit out at the time controversial) writers lacking the avant garde group cue the sixties.
He died on 30 December, 1989, and was concealed at the family church railway sidings of Wamakersdrift, of which potentate farm formed part.
His audience drive be the audience that a good writer can excellence, an audience which assembles struggle in one and twos dignity rumour spreads that here stop up addition will be found make it to the literature of our time.
Graham GreeneBook by J C Kannemeyer:Leroux: 'n Lewe, 2008
Hertzog Adore for prose for Sewe dae by die Silbersteins 1964
CNA Literary Award 1964 for Een vir Azazel
CNA-Prize 1976 and Hertzog Prize 1979 for Magersfontein, Ormation Magersfontein!
Perskor-prys 1981 for Tussengebied
Die eerste lewe van Colet, 1955
Hilaria, 1957
Die mugu, 1959
Sewe dae by die Silbersteins, 1962
Een Vir Azazel, 1964
Die derde oog, 1966
1844, 1967
Isis, Isis, Isis, 1969
Na'va, 1972
Magersfontein, o Magersfontein!
1976
Onse Hymie, 1982
Die Silberstein-trilogie, 1984
(appeared at Penguin as: To a dubious salvation)
Tussengebied (Literêre kritiek, Editor JC Kannemeyer), 1980
Tussenspel (Essays, Editor JC Kannemeyer), 1980
Posthumous Publication:
Die suiwerste Hugenoot is Jan Schoeman (1990) - facsimile edition
18-44 Trilogie, Human & Rousseau, 2008
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