Saeroen

Saeroen
Saeroen, c. 1958
Born
Died(1962-10-06)6 October 1962
Bogor, Indonesia
NationalityIndonesian
Other namesKampret (pen name)
Occupation(s)Journalist, screenwriter
Notable workTerang Boelan

Saeroen (Perfected Spelling: Saerun; fl. 1920s–1962) was an Indonesian journalist and screenwriter. Born in Yogyakarta, he became a journalist after a time working at a railway station. By the mid-1930s he had established the daily Pemandangan with Oene Djunaedi and was writing editorials with the pen name Kampret. When the paper was dissolved, Saeroen drifted into the film industry as a writer, making his debut with Albert Balink's Terang Boelan (1937). Much of his later life was spent working with several minor publications.