Ekushey Padak winning eminent poet Quazi Rosy passed away early Sunday after failing her battle with COVID-19. She was 73.
She was taken to Square Hospital in the capital on January 30 and was shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) the following day, according to her daughter Sumi Sikandar.
The poet had been suffering from multi-organ disease, kidney complications and was put on life support on January 31. She tested positive for COVID-19 in between the time and was taken to the isolation unit of the ICU.
Rosy was born on January 1, 1949 in Satkhira. She completed her BA and MA in Bengali Literature from the University of Dhaka. She then started her career by joining the government service and retired as an officer from the Press Information Department (PID) in 2007.
She was elected as a Member of Parliament in the reserved women’s seat at the 10th parliamentary election in 2014.
A valiant freedom fighter and forever advocate against the genocide of 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh, Rosy testified as the 4th witness against convicted war criminal and former Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Molla in 2013 at at International Crimes Tribunal.
Rosy’s illustrated literary career began after she started writing poetry in the 1960s. “Pathghat Manusher Naam,” “Noshto Jowar,” “Amar Piran-er Kono Maap Nei,” “Lorai,” “Martyr Poet Meherun Nesa” (Biography Book), Rabindranath: Poetry of Humor (Research Book) are some of her major literary publications.
For her contributions in the field of Bangladeshi poetry and literature, Quazi Rosy was awarded the Ekushey Padak, the second highest civilian honor in Bangladesh in 2021. She also received the Bangla Academy Literary Award (2016), Anannya Literary Award (2013) and many other significant literary awards in her glorious career.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of Quazi Rosy.
Source: United News of Bangladesh