Jaun Elia was born on 14 December 1931 in Amroha, India into an educated Shia family. [5][6] His father, Shafiq Hasan Elia , was a scholar of literature and astronomy well-versed in the Arabic, English, Persian, Hebrew and Sanskrit languages, and who corresponded with leading intellectuals like Bertrand Russell. [7] Jaun Elia was the youngest of his siblings: his brother Rais Amrohvi was a poet and psychoanalyst while another brother, Syed Mohammed Taqi, was a philosopher and a translator who ... Jaun Eliya Ghazals available in Hindi, Urdu and Roman scripts. Access to ghazal videos, audios & Ebooks of Jaun Eliya . Jaun Elia ’s Family and Early Life Jaun Elia belongs to noble scholarly family. His father, Allama Shafiq Hasan Elia , was a notable scholar, poet, and astrologer, who influenced Jaun ’s intellectual and literary upbringing. The John Elia family was deeply rooted in Islamic philosophy, literature, and knowledge. Jaun had several brothers, the most well-known being Rais Amrohvi, a respected poet and journalist. The Elia household was a hub of intellectual discussions and literary activity ... It took Jaun Elia ’s death on 8 November 2002 for the world to fall in love with his poetry. Today, he is one of the most Googled poets, but still remains an enigmatic figure in modern Urdu poetry—a Pakistani Marxist, an atheist, and most importantly, a man who questioned the status quo. But ...
