Nada was born in the Magome district of
Tokyo, but was raised for part of his youth in
Sendai. He graduated from the Medical School of
Keio University. One of his fellow students was
Kita Morio, who encouraged his interest in literature and in the
French language. He later traveled to France on a government scholarship. His wife was French. Nada's medical specialty was
psychiatry, particularly in the treatment of
alcoholism, and he was head of the Substance Abuse Department of National Hospital located in
Yokosuka, Kanagawa. One of his early novels,
Retort, was nominated for the prestigious
Akutagawa Prize. ==References==