Journalist and writer. Born September 8, 1917, in Vereeniging, South Africa; died, 1992. Education: University of the Witwatersrand, B.A. (literature), 1938; University of South Africa, B.A. (psychology; with honors), 1942. Member of the Crime Writers Association and Mystery Writers of America. Winner of the Ellery Queen Short Story Award, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, 1948, for "The Lady and the Dragon," 1949, for "The Newtonian Egg," and 1953, for "Hail and Farewell."
"Many of Godfrey's stories featured his recurring character, master sleuth Rolf le Roux, remained uncollected until the more recent publication of ten tales written between the years 1948 and 1986 in The Newtonian Egg: And Other Cases of Rolf Le Roux. Set in his native South Africa, which the author later left for England in protest of apartheid, the le Roux mysteries are somewhat in the spirit of Sherlock Holmes in that they feature a brilliant detective faced with bizarre cases, which he solves using his amazing powers of ratiocination." - encyclopedia.com
| Born | 8 September 1917 |
| Died | 1992 |
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| Born | 8 September 1917 |
| Died | 1992 |
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American Detective and mystery stories, Detective and mystery fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Detective and mystery stories, South African (English), English Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, Mystery fiction, Short stories, caviar, short storyPlaces
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| May 11, 2023 | Edited by Martha Carson Wade | Added encyclopedia info |
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