Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
Known For: Writing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: January 27, 1836
Day of Death: March 9, 1895 (59 years old)
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.
