Eminent Bangla poet, playwrite and essayist Syed Shamsul Haq died in Dhaka last night. He was suffering from lung cancer. President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have condoned his death. <br/><br/>Recipient of the Independence Award, Ekushey Padak, Bangla Academy Award and the National Poetry Honour, Syed Haq's work has inspired generations of the Bangla society. <br/><br/>Starting with his revolutionary play titled 'Nuruldiner Sare Jibon' on peasant rebellion in Rangpur against the British Raj, he wrote innumerable patriotic songs of immense beauty which inspired the 1971 Liberation War fighters.