Ekushey Padak-winning poet Quazi Rosy, who played a significant role as a prosecution witness in the war crimes case against executed Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah, died at a city hospital yesterday.

She was 74.

Former MP Rosy, also a freedom fighter, was hospitalised on January 30 after contracting Covid-19, said her daughter Sumi Sikander.

President Abdul Hamid, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury and many cabinet members and noted personalities and organisations expressed condolences at the demise of Rosy, a lawmaker in a reserved seat for women in the 10th national parliament.

Born in Satkhira on January 1, 1949, she was a former official of departments of information and films and publications.

Rosy received the Bangla Academy Award in literature in 2018 and the Ekushey Padak in 2021 for her contributions to poetry.

"Pothghat Manusher Naam" and "Amar Piraner Kono Map Nei" are the prominent poetry books among her literary works.

After a state honour at her Dhanmondi home, the freedom fighter was buried at Mirpur Martyred Intellectuals' graveyard.