Carl_Stephenson_(writer)

Carl Stephenson (writer)

Carl Stephenson (writer)

Austrian-born German author (1893–1983)

Carl Stephenson (3 November 1893 – 31 December 1983[1]) was an Austrian-born German writer best known for his short story "Leiningen Versus the Ants".

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Biography

Stephenson was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1893.

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

Leiningen Versus the Ants 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, directed by Byron Haskin, and starring Charlton Heston and Eleanor Parker.

Death

Stephenson's death is sometimes given as 1954, but this is apparently due to confusion with the historian Carl Stephenson.[2] 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

  1. [1]
    Gradwohl-Schlacher, Karin (2018). Literatur in Österreich 1938–1945. Band 4: Wien [Literature in Austria 1938-1945, Vol. 4: Vienna]. Vienna, Koln, Weimar: Böhla. p. 791. ISBN 978-3-205-20492-3.
  2. [2]
    Stephenson, Carl. "Leiningen Versus The Ants by Carl Stephenson". Thenostalgialeague.com. Archived from the original on 2015-01-11. Retrieved 2012-02-16.


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