Jon Elia
Jon Elia was born on December 14, 1931. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Jon Elia
Syed Hussain Sibt-e-Asghar Naqvi (19 October 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 and Persian. Elia was the younger brother of poet Rais Amrohvi.