Jaun Elia, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jaun Elia

Pakistani academic

Date of Birth: 14-Dec-1931

Place of Birth: Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, India

Date of Death: 08-Nov-2002

Profession: poet, literary critic, philosopher, linguist

Nationality: Pakistan

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Syed Sibt-e-Ashgar Naqvi, commonly known as Jaun Elia (Urdu: ??? ??????, 14 December 1931 – 8 November 2002), was a Pakistani 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 Pakistani 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."