Peter Jaroš is a Slovak writer.

Jaroš was born in Hybe

Hybe

Hybe is a village and municipality in the Liptovský Mikuláš District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.-History:The village of Hybe was first mentioned in historical records in 1239....

 to a family of a builder. From 1957 to 1962 he studied Slovak

Slovak language

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 and Russian

Russian language

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 at Comenius University in Bratislava

Bratislava

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. After finishing college, he worked as a editor at the publishing house Mladé letá. Between 1962 and 1965 he was an editor of the weekly Kultúrny Život, then, until 1971, he worked for Slovak Radio in Bratislava. From 1972 he was a screenwriter

Screenwriter

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 and later a playwright

Playwright

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 at Slovak Motion Picture. He wrote the script for Martin Ťapák's film Pacho the Brigand of Hybe (based on his short story), the script of Juraj Jakubisko

Juraj Jakubisko

Juraj Jakubisko is a Slovak film director. In his movies he managed to catch life's most beautiful colors, unhinge the poetry behind the ordinary and to be ahead of his time without forgetting his roots....

'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 Seville Festival of European Cinema).

From 1992-1994 he was a Party of the Democratic Left

Party of the Democratic Left (Slovakia)

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 Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic

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 From 1996 to 1999 he worked in the National Centre for Slovak Literature. At present he works in the National Centre for Edification in Bratislava.

Selected works

Novels:

• Afternoon on Terrace
• Millennial bee
• Mute ear, Dumb eye

Stories:

• "A Thousand-year-old Bee" (1983)
• "Snow Underfoot" (1978)
• "Pacho the Brigand of Hybe" (1975)

Screenplay:

• A Thousand-year-old Bee (1983)
• A day of solstice (1974)

Plays:

• Price Courage (1986)
• Glasshouse Venus (1985)

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