Personal Info
Born: 1836-01-27
Died: 1895-03-09
Place of Birth: Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]
Known For: Writing
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
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.