although he tried to avoid direct clashes with the communist establishment after his release from jail, javoršek was one of the main driving force behind the establishment of the stage '57, an alternative theatre created in 1957 by the younger generations of slovene artists, which had a crucial role in shaping their generation against the pressures of the repressive cultural policies of the communist regime. already during his lifetime, he gained recognition in other parts of yugoslavia, especially in serbia. some consider him to be one of the best essayists in the slovene language, together with ivan cankar, marjan rožanc and drago jančar. his book "la memoire dangereuse", published in the 1980s by the french publishing house arléa, gained him an important recognition beyond yugoslav borders. the book has been translated also to german and serbo-croatian.