Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
Known for Writing
Born January 26, 1836
Died March 8, 1895
Place of Birth Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]
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.
