Jaume Vicens Vives was a Spanish historian, and is considered, along with Pierre Vilar

Pierre Vilar

Pierre Vilar was a French historian specialized in the history of Catalonia and hispanism. He is considered one of the most authoritative 20th century historians for the history of Spain, for both the Ancien Régime and modern history...

, one of top influential Catalan

Catalan people

The Catalans or Catalonians are the people from, or with origins in, Catalonia that form a historical nationality in Spain. The inhabitants of the adjacent portion of southern France are sometimes included in this definition...

 historians of 20th century.

According to Eliseu Climent i Corberà, his 1954 book Notícia de Catalunya was a direct source and inspiration for Joan Fuster

Joan Fuster

Joan Fuster i Ortells was a Valencian writer, who published mostly in Catalan.- Life and works :He was born in the village of Sueca near Valencia, Spain, in a relatively prosperous middle class family. Both his parents were pious Roman Catholics and Carlists. His father was a renowned local...

's influential 1962 book Nosaltres, els valencians. Vicens book was to be originally titled Nosaltres els catalans, but it was renamed under Josep Pla

Josep Pla

Josep Pla i Casadevall was a Catalan Spanish journalist and a popular author. As a journalist he worked in France, Italy, England, Germany and Russia, from where he wrote political and cultural chronicles in Catalan.His figure is somewhat controversial for present day Catalans...

's advice, for fear of Francoist censorship. Fuster's work has the same structure and intention of Vicens'. The book was expanded and republished in 1960. Notícia de Catalunya had also a major influence on Jordi Pujol. Vicens was also a friend an influence for Joan Reglà.