Morio Kita Explained

was the pen name of, a Japanese psychiatrist, novelist and essayist.[1]

Kita was the second son of poet Mokichi Saitō., his older brother, was also a psychiatrist. The essayist Yuka Saitō is Kita's daughter.[2] [3]

Kita attended Azabu High School and Matsumoto Higher School (now part of Shinshu University), and graduated from Tohoku University's School of Medicine.[4] 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.

Kita suffered from manic–depressive disorder from middle age onwards.[5]

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Bibliography

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Novels

Essays

Work for television

Notes and References

  1. http://www.houseofjapan.com/local/novelist-essayist-morio-kita-dies-at-84 Novelist-essayist "Morio Kita dies at 84"
  2. Web site: Novelist-essayist Morio Kita dies at 84. 24 February 2012. 26 October 2011. The Mainichi Daily News. dead. https://archive.today/20130218184538/http://mdn.mainichi.jp/arts/archive/news/2011/10/20111026p2g00m0et117000c.html. 18 February 2013.
  3. http://www.webtoday.jp/2010/02/313.html Lecture of Morio Kita and Yuka Saitō in Hokuto, Yamanashi, March 13, 2010
  4. Web site: http://sankei.jp.msn.com/life/news/120909/art12090908380005-n5.htm. ja:【旧制高校 寮歌物語】(6)教授にウケた北杜夫の珍答案. 20 October 2012. 9 September 2012. Sankei Shimbun. ja. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120911132121/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/life/news/120909/art12090908380005-n5.htm. 11 September 2012.
  5. Web site: http://sankei.jp.msn.com/life/news/111026/art11102613280007-n1.htm. ja:【北杜夫さん死去】重厚な純文学と、ユーモア作品が同居. 24 February 2012. 26 October 2011. Sankei Shimbun. ja. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111130000503/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/life/news/111026/art11102613280007-n1.htm. 30 November 2011.