Sachchidananda Vatsyayan
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Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan (7 March 1911 – 4 April 1987), popularly known by his pen name Agyeya (also transliterated Ajneya, meaning 'the unknowable'), was an Indian writer, poet, novelist, literary critic, journalist, translator and revolutionary in Hindi language. He pioneered modern trends in Hindi poetry, as well as in fiction, criticism and journalism. He is regarded as the pioneer of the Prayogavaad (experimentalism) movement in modern Hindi literature.
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- Agyeya
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- Writer.pseudonym
- Agyeya
- Writer.birth_name
- Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan
- Writer.birth_place
- Kasia, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India
- Writer.death_place
- New Delhi, India
- Writer.occupation
- Writer, poet, novelist, literary critic, journalist, translator and revolutionary
- Writer.movement
- Nayi Kavita (New Poetry)
- Writer.relatives
- Hiranand Sastri (father)
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Dominion of India
- Place of birth
- Kushinagar
- Place of death
- New Delhi
- Spouse
- Kapila Vatsyayan
- Father
- Hiranand Sastri
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- University of Madras
- Languages spoken
- Hindi
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Award
- Golden Wreath
- Genre
- poetry
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- date of birth
- 1911-00-00
- date of death
- 1988-00-00
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- Agyeya
- writing language
- Hindi
- name in native language
- अज्ञेय
- subject named as
- agjej
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Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan (7 March 1911 – 4 April 1987), popularly known by his pen name Agyeya (also transliterated Ajneya, meaning 'the unknowable'), was an Indian writer, poet, novelist, literary critic, journalist, translator and revolutionary in Hindi language. He pioneered modern trends in Hindi poetry, as well as in fiction, criticism and journalism. He is regarded as the pioneer of the Prayogavaad (experimentalism) movement in modern Hindi literature.
Son of a renowned archaeologist Hiranand Sastri, Agyeya was born in Kasia, a small town near Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh. He took active part in the Indian freedom struggle and spent several years in prison for his revolutionary activities against British colonial rule.
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