Jože Javoršek

Jože Javoršek
Born(1920-10-20)October 20, 1920
Velike Lašče, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (now in Slovenia)
DiedSeptember 2, 1990(1990-09-02) (aged 69)
Ljubljana, Slovenia
OccupationPlaywright, writer, essayist
Literary movementExistentialism, Surrealism, Theatre of the Absurd

Jože Javoršek was the pen name of Jože Brejc (October 20, 1920 – September 2, 1990), a Slovenian playwright, writer, poet, translator and essayist. He is regarded as one of the greatest masters of style and language among Slovene authors. A complex thinker and controversial personality, Javoršek is frequently considered, together with the writer Vitomil Zupan, as the paradigmatic example of the World War II and postwar generation of Slovene intellectuals.