Jaun Elia
Jaun Elia | |
|---|---|
| Native name | جون ایلیا |
| Born | Syed Hussain Sibt-e-Asghar Naqvi 14 December 1931 |
| Died | 8 November 2002 (aged 70) |
| Pen name | Jaun Elia |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Genre | Ghazal |
| Literary movement | Progressive Writers Movement |
| Notable works | Shayad, Yani, Lekin, Gumman, Goya, Farnood |
| Notable awards | Pride of Performance award by the President of Pakistan in 2000 |
| Spouse | |
| Relatives | Kamal Amrohi (cousin) Rais Amrohvi (older brother) |
Syed Hussain Sibt-e-Asghar Naqvi (14 December 1931 – 8 November 2002), commonly known by his pen name Jaun Elia, was a Pakistani poet.
One of the most prominent modern Urdu poets of ghazals (amatory poems), popular for his unconventional ways, he "acquired knowledge of philosophy, logic, Islamic history, the Muslim Sufi tradition, Muslim religious sciences, Western literature, and Kabbala".
He was fluent in Urdu, Arabic, Sindhi, English, Persian, Sanskrit and Hebrew. Elia was also the younger brother of poet Rais Amrohvi.