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Carl Stephenson (3 November 1893 – 31 December 1983) was an Austrian-born German writer best known for his short story "Leiningen Versus the Ants". Biography. Stephenson was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1893. Stephenson also wrote and published under the name of Stefan Sorel.
"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 published in German in 1937.
But the boss is such a force of nature himself that some workers stay behind to implement Leiningen's formidable battle plans to defeat the ants. Using a series of canals, ruses to draw the ants off course, and petroleum fires, the people and the ants engage in a days-long battle.
Carl Stephenson (1893 - after 1960) was a writer who published under his own name and as Stefan Sorel. He is famous for his short story, Leiningen Versus the Ants, about a plantation owner who faces a deadly army of ants in the Brazilian rainforest.
Viennese author Carl Stephenson (1893-after 1960) published “Leiningen Versus the Ants” in the December 1938 issue of Esquire magazine. Stephenson, who often wrote under the pseudonym “Stefan Sorel,” translated the story into English himself.
Complete summary of Carl Stephenson's Leiningen Versus the Ants. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of Leiningen Versus the Ants.
The Brazilian official threw up lean and lanky arms and clawed the air with wildly distended fingers. "Leiningen!" he shouted. "You're insane! They're not creatures you can fight--they're an elemental--an 'act of God!'. Ten miles long, two miles wide--ants, nothing but ants!
