 "Sitti Nurbaya" inspired numerous authors, including Nur Sutan Iskandar, who stated that he wrote "Apa Dayaku Karena Aku Perempuan" ("What Am I to Do Because I Am a Girl", 1924) as a direct result of reading it; Iskandar later wrote "Cinta yang Membawa Maut" ("Love that Brings Death", 1926), which deals with the same themes.The "Sitti Nurbaya" storyline has often been reused, to the point that Balfas has referred to similar plots as following "the "Sitti Nurbaya" formula".