Peter Jaroš (born 22 January 1940) is a
Slovak writer.
Jaroš was born in
Hybe
Hybe ( Hungarian: ''Hibbe'') is a village and municipality in the Liptovský Mikuláš District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.
Names and etymology
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to a family of a builder. From 1957 to 1962 he studied
Slovak and
Russian at
Comenius University in
Bratislava
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. After finishing college, he worked as an 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
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in Bratislava. From 1972 he was a
screenwriter
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...
and later a
playwright
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Etymology
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at
Slovak Motion Picture. He wrote the script for
Martin Ťapák Martin may refer to:
Places
* Martin City (disambiguation)
* Martin County (disambiguation)
* Martin Township (disambiguation)
Antarctica
* Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land
* Port Martin, Adelie Land
* Point Martin, South Orkney Islands
Aust ...
's film ''Pacho the Brigand of Hybe'' (based on his short story), the script of
Juraj Jakubisko
Juraj Jakubisko (born 30 April 1938) is a Slovak film director. He has directed fifteen feature films, between 1967 and 2008. He often takes the dual role of cinematographer, and is often also credited as a screenplay writer as he usually co-writ ...
's ''A Thousand-year-old Bee'' (also based on a Jaroš work) and others, for which he was awarded internationally (
Golden Phoenix
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in the
Venice International Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...
, Union Critics Prize at the
Seville Festival of European Cinema
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).
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 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
''The Millennial Bee'' ( sk, Tisícročná včela, also known in English as ''The Bee Millennium''), is a 1983 film made and produced in Czechoslovakia, West Germany and Austria. The film is based on a novel written by Peter Jaroš and was directe ...
'' (1983)
* ''A day of solstice'' (1974)
Plays:
* ''Price Courage'' (1986)
* ''Glasshouse Venus'' (1985)
References
External links
*
1940 births
Living people
People from Liptovský Mikuláš District
Party of the Democratic Left (Slovakia) politicians
Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 1992-1994
Slovak dramatists and playwrights
Slovak writers
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