[2] Satō graduated the Kōnan Higher Girls' School[2] (the precursor to the modern Konan Girls' Junior and Senior High School [ja][citation needed]).
Satō published early works in the magazine Bungei Shuto (文芸首都).
[4] She wrote an autobiographical novel, Aiko (愛子, 1959),[4] which she followed eight years later with a biography of her father entitled Hana wa Kurenai (花はくれない, "The Flowers Are Red", 1967)[4][a] and seven years after that with a book about her mother, Joyū Mariko (女優万里子, "The Actress Mariko", 1974).
[4] Her works Sokuratesu no Tsuma (ソクラテスの妻, "Socrates' Wife") and Futari no Onna (二人の女, "Two Women"), both published in 1963,[4] earned a nomination for the Akutagawa Prize,[4] and Kanō Taii Fujin (加納大尉婦人, published 1964) was nominated for the Naoki Prize.
[4] She won the 61st[3] Naoki Prize for Tatakai-sunde Hi ga Kurete (闘いすんで日が暮れて),[2] which portrays a woman's struggles with her incapable husband.