Jon Elia Writer

Jaun Elia (Urdu: جون ایلیا‎, 14 December 1931 – 8 November 2002) was a Pakistani Urdu-language poet, philosopher, biographer, and scholar. He was the brother of journalist and psychoanalyst Rais Amrohvi and journalist and philosopher Syed Muhammad Taqi, and husband of columnist Zahida Hina. He was fluent in Arabic, English, Persian, Sanskrit and Hebrew.

Personal facts

Birth date	December 14, 1931
Birth place	Amroha , Uttar Pradesh , Presidencies and provinces of British India
Nationality	Pakistan
Ethnicity	Muhajir people
Date of death	November 08, 2002
Place of death	Karachi , Pakistan , Sindh
Spouse	Zahida Hina
Relatives	Rais Amrohvi