Etienne Leroux

Etienne Leroux, whose real name was Stephanus Petrus Daniël le Roux, was born on 13 June 1922 in Oudtshoorn. A boarder at Grey College in Bloemfontein, he studied law at Stellenbosch University, then worked briefly for attorneys in Bloemfontein. From 1946, he ran a farm in the Koffiefontein district, in the Orange Free State, where he wrote his work. He was one of the Sestigers, the Afrikaans writers of the 1960s who gave themselves that name. In 1977, censorship banned one of his novels. He died on 30 December 1989 and was buried in the family cemetery, near his farm.

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• NovelSeven Days at the SilbersteinsSewe dae by die SilbersteinsEtienne Leroux · 1962Literature