Jon Elia
(1931-2002)
Pakistani academic
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Syed Hussain Jaun Asghar Naqvi, commonly known as Jaun Elia (Urdu: جون ایلیا, 14 December 1931 – 8 November 2002), was an Indo-Pak Urdu poet, philosopher, biographer, and scholar. He was the brother of Rais Amrohvi and Syed Muhammad Taqi, who were journalists and psychoanalysts. He was fluent in Urdu, Arabic, English, Persian, Sanskrit and Hebrew. One of the most prominent modern Urdu poets, popular for his unconventional ways, he "acquired knowledge of philosophy, logic, Islamic history, the Muslim Sufi tradition, Muslim religious sciences, Western literature, and Kabbala."
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14 December 1931 Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, British India
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| Died |
8 November 2002 (aged 70) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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