When the members of the Hungry generation or Bhookhi Peerhi movement were arrested and prosecuted for their anti-establishment writings, Agyeya through Dinmaan relentlessly supported the young literary group of Culcutta till they were exonerated. His dispatches on Bihar's famous famine are considered milestones in pro-people reporting. He remained in India till 1968, before embarking on a trip to Europe. In 1969 he returned to Berkeley as Regents Professor, and continued there until June 1970. In 1976, he had an 8-month stint at Heidelberg University, as a visiting professor. Later he joined University of Jodhpur, Rajasthan as Professor and Head of the Department of Comparative Literature. Works During the four years in prison, Agyeya started writing short stories and published them in Hans, edited by Premchand. He also started writing the first draft of his autobiographical novel Shekhar: Ek Jivani, followed by its second and third draft. His first collection of poems, Bhagnadutta, appeared in 1933. After his release from the jail, he published his first short story collection, Vipathga, in 1937, and in 1941, he published the first volume of Shekhar: Ek Jivani, followed by the second volume in 1944. Its third volume, though announced, was never published. In 1943, he edited and published Tar Saptak, a collection of poems by seven young writers, whose poems were not published before. Considered the first anthology of modern Hindi poetry and a milestone in the history of Hindi literature, Tar Saptak gave rise to the Prayogvad (Experimentalism) in Hindi poetry, and established a new trends Hindi poetry, known as Nayi Kavita (New Poetry). Poetry collections Bhagndoot (1933) Chinta (1942) Ityalam (1946) Hari ghaas par kshan-bhar (1949) Baawra aheri (1954) Indradhanu raunde hue ye (1957) Ari o karuna prabhamaya (1959) Angan Ke Par Dwar (1961) Poorva (1965) Sunahale Shaivaal (1965) Kitni naavon mein kitni baar (1967) Kyonki main usei jaanta hoon (1969) Saagar-mudra (1970) Pahle main sannata bunta hoon (1973) Mahavriksha ke neeche (1977) Nadi ki baank par chhaya (1982) Sadanira-1 (1986) Sadanira-2 (1986) Aisa koi ghar aapne dekha hai (1986) Maruthal (1995) Sarjana ke kshan (Selection) Thaur thikaane (Handwritten, circulated xeroxed) Karaawas ke din (Trans. from English by Uday Shankar Shrivastava) Kavishri ( Ed. Shiyaram Sharan Gupt) Aaj ke lokpriy kavi (Ed. Vidya Niwas Mishra) Kaavya-stabak ( Ed by Vidya Niwas Mishra & Ramesh Chandra Shah) Sannate ka chhand (Ed by Ashok Vajpeyi) Ajneya: Sanklit kavitayen (Ed by Namvar Singh) Novels: Shekhar: