Carl Stephenson (3 November 1893 – 31 December 1983) was an Austrian-born German writer best known for his short story "

Leiningen Versus the Ants "Leiningen Versus the Ants" by Carl Stephenson is a classic short story published in the December 1938 edition of '' Esquire''. It is a translation, probably by Stephenson himself, of "Leiningens Kampf mit den Ameisen" which was originally pub ...

Biography

Stephenson was born in

Vienna, Austria en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

, in 1893. Stephenson also wrote and published under the name of Stefan Sorel.

was first published in 1938 and has appeared in numerous collections of short stories. It was first adapted into a radio play in 1948 and later the screen as 1954's ''

The Naked Jungle ''The Naked Jungle'' is a 1954 American adventure film directed by Byron Haskin, and starring Charlton Heston and Eleanor Parker. Telling the story of an attack of army ants on a Brazilian cocoa plantation, it was based on the 1937 short story " ...

'', directed by

Byron Haskin Byron Conrad Haskin (April 22, 1899 – April 16, 1984) was an American film and television director, special effects creator and cinematographer. He is best known for directing '' The War of the Worlds'' (1953), one of many films where he ...

, and starring Charlton Heston and

Eleanor Parker Eleanor Jean Parker (June 26, 1922 – December 9, 2013) was an American actress. She was nominated for three Academy Awards for her roles in the films ''Caged'' (1950), ''Detective Story'' (1951), and ''Interrupted Melody'' (1955), the first ...

Death

Stephenson's death is sometimes given as 1954, but this is apparently due to confusion with the historian Carl Stephenson. Works by, or edited by, Carl Stephenson were published in eight different years in the period from 1954 to 1967, indicating his death was almost certainly after 1954.

References

German male short story writers German short story writers 1893 births Year of death missing Writers from Vienna Austrian emigrants to Germany {{germany-writer-stub