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Jaun-Eliya’s-father-Shafiq-Hasan-Eliya-was-deeply-involved-in-art-and-literature.-This-literary-environment-modeled-him-along-the-same-lines-and-he-wrote-his-first-Urdu-couplet-when-he-was-just-8.-He-studied-Arabic-and-Persian-at-a-local-madrasa-in-Amroha-and-also-acquired-great-proficiency-in-English-and-small-knowledge-of-Hebrew.-After-partition,-Eliya-migrated-to-Pakistan-and-settled-in-Karachi.-Eliya-was-a-prolific-writer,-but-could-not-be-convinced-to-publish-his-work.-His-first-poetry-collection-“Shayad”-was-published-when-he-was-60.-The-second-collection-of-his-poetry-“Yaanii”-was-published-posthumously-in-2003-and-third-titled-“Gumaan”-in-2004.-Jaun-was-also-involved-in-translation,-editing-and-other-activities.-He-edited-Urdu-literature-magazine-“Insha”-where-he-met-another-Urdu-writer-Zahida-Hina-and-finally-married-her.-Jaun-and-Zahida-were-divorced-in-mid-1980s.-This-left-Jaun-devastated-and-alone.-He-passed-on-November-8,-2002.
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