Etienne Leroux (born Stephanus Petrus Daniël le Roux; 13 June 1922 – 30 December 1989) was an Afrikaans writer and a member of the South African Sestigers literary movement.

[1] Etienne Leroux was born in Oudtshoorn in the Western Cape on 13 June 1922 as Stephanus Petrus Daniël le Roux, son of Stephanus Petrus 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.

[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 of Die Silberstein-trilogie were also published as a single volume: To a Dubious Salvation: A Trilogy of Fantastical Novels (Penguin, 1972).