Morio Kita

Morio Kita (北 杜夫, Kita Morio) was the pen name of Sokichi Saitō (斎藤 宗吉, Saitō Sōkichi, 1 May 1927 – 24 October 2011), a Japanese psychiatrist, novelist and essayist.

Shigeta Saitō [ja], his older brother, was also a psychiatrist.

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.

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