Sacher-Masoch (author of the masochist classic Venus in Furs) was a Ritter, a Knight (in England you's call him Sir, unless you were Wanda, in which case you'd call him Worm), not a Marquis. His name and title are Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch, the title comes from his noble Ukrainian mother, His father was a commoner, a police chief.
I guess it depends on who you are whether he gets less press. Some people like him a lot. His writing is much better but less prolific than Sade's, and he didn't live so outwardly spectacular a life.
His great grand-daughter is Marianne Faithfull, for those who care about such things. Don't know whether they share similar sexual proclivities.
jks
--- Jim Devine <jdevine03 at gmail.com> wrote:
> how about the Marquis de Masoch (i.e., Leopold von
> Sacher-Masoch)? how
> come he gets so little press?
>
> Doug Henwood wrote:
> > ...for the Marquis de Sade, whose birthday is
> today.
>
> --
> Jim Devine
> "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go
> your own way
> and let people talk.) -- Karl M., paraphrasing Dante
> A.
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