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Etienne Leroux (1922–1989) was an influential Afrikaans writer of eminence and a key member of the South African Sestigers literary movement. ==Early life & Career== Etienne Leroux was born in Oudtshoorn in the Western Cape on 13 June 1922 as Stephanus Petrus Daniël le Roux, son of S.P. Le Roux, a South African Minister of Agriculture. He studied Law at Stellenbosch University (BA, LLB) and worked for a short time at a solicitor's office in Bloemfontein. From 1946 he farmed and lived as a writer on his farm in the Koffiefontein district. His works gained critical acclaim and were translated into many languages. His 1968 book, translated into English as ''One for the devil'' is titled ''Een vir Azazel'' (''One for Azazel'') in Afrikaans, and makes use of the Azazel myth. Etienne Leroux is known as one of the most important (and at the time controversial) writers of the avant garde group of the sixties. He died on 30 December 1989, and was buried at the family church yard of Wamakersdrift, of which his farm formed part. "His audience will be the audience that only a good writer can merit, an audience which assembles slowly in ones and twos ... the rumour spreads that here an addition will be found to the literature of our time." - Graham Greene 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Etienne Leroux」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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