Born in Lemberg, Austria (now Lviv, Ukraine) in 1836, Sacher-Masoch, an Austrian writer, was best known for his novel “Venus
im Pelz” (1874, translated to “Venus in Furs” in 1931). This novel as did all his writings detailed his masochistic fantasies and
Venus is a true story of one of his escapades. Some of his other writings include: “Eine Galizische Geschichte 1846” (A Galician
Story 1846, 1858); “Das Vermachtnis Kains (The Legacy of Cain, 1870-1877) which includes “Venus in Furs” His name and
his life was the inspiration for the term “masochist”. He died in Austria in 1895