drew the anti-colonial struggle well, with evocative imagery, in Bebasari. The Dutch scholar of Indonesian literature A. Teeuw wrote that Effendi, as a poet, was "amazing, especially because of his language which had no equal" and efforts to break away from the traditional syair. However, Teeuw opined that Effendi did not play a large role in the further development of Indonesian literature; he found Sanusi Pane as the most influential poet of the time. Notes References Footnotes Bibliography 1903 births 1979 deaths Communist Party of the Netherlands politicians Indonesian politicians Indonesian writers Indonesian male poets Minangkabau people People from Padang Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) 20th-century Indonesian poets 20th-century male writers