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Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch ( January 27 , 1836 – March 9 , 1895 ), writer and journalist, was born in Lemberg , Austria-Hungary (now L'viv, Ukraine ). He was the son of the police director in Lemberg and Charlotte von Masoch, a Ukrainian lady of Noble birth. He started learning German at age 12. During his life, Sacher-Masoch was well known as a man of letters, who was seen by some as a potential successor to Goethe . He was a utopian thinker who espoused socialist and humanist ideals in his fiction and non-fiction. He associated with the artistic elite of Middle Europe, but was frequently in debt. VENUS IN FURS He planned to write a series of six Novel s under the collective title ''The Heritage of Cain'': only the first two were ever completed, of which Venus in Furs is the most famous. (''Venus im Pelz'' is the original title in German). This novel tells of a man, ''Severin'', so infatuated with a woman, ''Wanda'', that he requests to be treated as her and Feminist . The novel expressed Sacher-Masoch's fantasies and fetishes (especially for dominant women wearing fur), which strongly influenced his other works. He did his best to live his fantasies out with his mistresses and wives. He pressured his first wife, Aurora Rümelin , into living out the experience of the book, against her preferences; however, he wasn't excited about his family life, got a divorce and married his assistant. He died in Lindheim , Germany . INFLUENCE The term '' Masochism '' was coined by the 19th Century Psychiatrist Krafft-Ebing with Sacher-Masoch and his writings in mind. Sacher-Masoch was not pleased with this development. The novel has been adapted for film three times: in 1967 , in 1969 and in 1994 . The 1994 film was directed by Maartje Seyferth and Victor E. Nieuwenhuijs , and received an award at the 1994 international film festival of Saint Petersburg , Russia . The lyrics of The Velvet Underground song "Venus in Furs" refer to this book. In the 1998 Todd Haynes film '' Velvet Goldmine '', main character Brian Slade's backing band is called "Venus in Furs". NOTES SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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