Peter Jaroš (born 22 January 1940) is a Slovak writer.
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 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.
He wrote the script for Martin Ťapák'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 Seville Festival of European Cinema)[citation needed].