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Agyeya
Born
Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan (1911-03-07)7 March 1911 Kasia, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India
Died
4 April 1987(1987-04-04) (aged 76) New Delhi, India
Pen name
Agyeya
Occupation
Writer, poet, novelist, literary critic, journalist, translator and revolutionary
Alma mater
Madras Christian College (1925–1927; Intermediate)
Forman Christian College (1927–1929; B.Sc)
Literary movement
Nayi Kavita (New Poetry)
Notable works
Shekhar: Ek Jivani
Trishanku
Angan Ke Par Dwar
Tar Saptak
Notable awards
Sahitya Akademi Award (1964)
Jnanpith Award (1978)
Golden Wreath Award (1983)
Spouse
Santosh Malik
(m. 1940; div. 1945)
Kapila Vatsyayan
(m. 1956; div. 1969)
Relatives
Hiranand Sastri (father)
Signature
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.
He edited the Saptak series which gave rise a new trends in Hindi poetry, known as Nayi Kavita. He edited several literary journals, and launched his own Hindi language weekly Dinaman, which set new standard and trends in Hindi journalism. Agyeya translated some of his own works, as well as works of some other Indian authors to English. He also translated some books of world literature into Hindi.
Agyeya was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award (1964), Jnanpith Award (1978) and the internationally reputed Golden Wreath Award for poetry.
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