Peter Jaroš

Peter Jaroš (born 22 January 1940) is a Slovak writer. Jaroš was born in Hybe to a family of a builder. From 1957 to 1962 he studied Slovak and Russian at Comenius University in Bratislava. After finishing college, he worked as an editor at the publishing house . Between 1962 and 1965 he was an editor of the weekly , then, until 1971, he worked for Slovak Radio in Bratislava. From 1972 he was a screenwriter and later a playwright at . He wrote the script for 's film Pacho the Brigand of Hybe (based on his short story), the script of Juraj Jakubisko's A Thousand-year-old Bee (also based on a Jaroš work) and others, for which he was awarded internationally (Golden Phoenix in the Venice International Film Festival, Union Critics Prize at the ). From 1992-1994 he was a Party of the Democratic Left Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic From 1996 to 1999 he worked in the Nation...