Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
Writing
January 27, 1836
Died at age 59
March 9, 1895
Date of Death
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.