Name Morio Kita Children Yuka Saito | Parents Mokichi Saito Role Novelist | |
Died October 24, 2011, Meguro, Tokyo City, Tokyo, Japan Books The House of Nire, Ghosts, The Adventures of Kupukupu the Sailor, Doctor Manbo at Sea Similar People Mokichi Saito, Yuka Saito, Yutaka Haniya |
Morio Kita (北 杜夫, Kita Morio) was the pen name of Sokichi Saitō (斎藤 宗吉, Saitō Sōkichi, May 1, 1927 – October 24, 2011), a Japanese novelist, essayist, and psychiatrist.
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Kita attended Azabu High School, Matsumoto Higher School (now part of Shinshu University) and graduated from Tohoku University's School of Medicine. He initially worked as a doctor at Keio University Hospital. Motivated by the collections of his father's poems and the books of German author Thomas Mann, he decided to become a novelist. He was the second son of poet Mokichi Saitō. Shigeta Saitō, his older brother, is also a psychiatrist. The essayist Yuka Saitō is his daughter.
He has suffered from manic–depressive disorder since his middle age.
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