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Sachchidananda Vatsyayan
Indian writer (1911-1987) · India · On the map · Writers · Died at 76
Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan, popularly known by his pen name Agyeya, was an Indian poet, novelist, literary critic, journalist, translator and revolutionary. He pioneered modern trends in Hindi poetry, as well as in fiction, criticism and journalism.
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He is regarded as the pioneer of the Prayogavaad (experimentalism) movement in modern Hindi literature.
