DHAKA: Eminent poet and Nazrul and Jibanananda researcher Abdul Mannan Syed breathed his last shortly before iftar on Sunday evening.

Relatives said he was rushed to the city’s Lab Aid Hospital when he suddenly felt sick. The duty doctor of the hospital declared him dead at 6:05pm after admission in critical condition.

Earlier on August 27 this year, he was admitted to the hospital when he became senseless after joining a TV programme marking Nazrul’s death anniversary. That time he recovered after few hours.

Abdul Mannan Syed was born on August 3, 1943 in West Bengal, India. He came to the limelight by making the Bengali literature resourceful with his first collection ‘Janmandha Kabitaguchha’ in 1967.

But he spent most of his lifespan in research on Nazrul and Jibanananda’s literary works.

BDST: 1949 HRS, SEP 05, 2010.