Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
Known for Writing
Details
Birthday: January 27, 1836
Deathday: March 09, 1895
Place of birth: Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]
Biography
Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch was an Austrian writer and journalist, who gained renown for his romantic stories of Galician life. The term masochism is derived from his name.