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Sachchidananda Vatsyayan

1911 - 1987

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sachchidananda Vatsyayan is the 4,939th most popular writer (down from 2,871st in 2019), the 665th most popular biography from India (down from 366th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular Indian Writer.

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Among writers, Sachchidananda Vatsyayan ranks 4,939 out of 7,302. Before him are Ján Hollý, Cynewulf, Roderich Menzel, Turan Dursun, Bulleh Shah, and Piero Angela. After him are Dharamvir Bharati, Adolf Brand, Russell Kirk, Dmitry Glukhovsky, Françoise Mallet-Joris, and Ruth Klüger.

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Among people born in 1911, Sachchidananda Vatsyayan ranks 281. Before him are István Énekes, Milan Stojanović, Clare Hollingworth, Fauja Singh, Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu, and Leen Vente. After him are Germano Boettcher Sobrinho, Lisa Fonssagrives, Sten Suvio, Jack Finney, Jean Cayrol, and Alan Hovhaness. Among people deceased in 1987, Sachchidananda Vatsyayan ranks 187. Before him are Robert Preston, Henk Badings, Heðin Brú, Ernő Goldfinger, Igor Newerly, and Roderich Menzel. After him are Igor Ilyinsky, Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Alexandru Borbely, John Qualen, Uwe Barschel, and Metaksia Simonyan.

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In India

Among people born in India, Sachchidananda Vatsyayan ranks 665 out of 1,861. Before him are Fauja Singh (1911), Indira Nath (1938), Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah (1565), Dia Mirza (1981), Fathima Beevi (1927), and Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886). After him are Dharamvir Bharati (1926), Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (1903), Manoj Bajpayee (1969), Jamini Roy (1887), Ashapurna Devi (1909), and Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Sachchidananda Vatsyayan ranks 82. Before him are Saadat Hasan Manto (1912), Pratibha Ray (1944), Mamoni Raisom Goswami (1942), Suniti Kumar Chatterji (1890), Kamala Surayya (1934), and Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886). After him are Dharamvir Bharati (1926), Ashapurna Devi (1909), Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887), Sarala Devi Chaudhurani (1872), Amitav Ghosh (1956), and Raghunath Murmu (1905).

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