The exhibition “Joan Fuster. Nosaltres els valencians. 1962-2012” demonstrates that the thought and figure of Joan Fuster retain all their importance and validity even today, for his capacity for analysis and reflection went beyond immediate circumstance. Through documents conserved by the author, visitors will also build up a picture of who Fuster was in 1962, as well as learning more about the process of writing the book, the immediate impact its publication made and the difficulties with Francoist censorship that it began to encounter after a certain point.

Over the ensuing 50 years, Nosaltres els valencians has been published in at least 30 editions in Catalan and 3 in Spanish. Over the years, the book has had enormous impact, both on ordinary citizens and on historians, sociologists, economists and politicians.

The exhibition will also feature a large part of Fuster’s material legacy, little known to date. His house (Casa Joan Fuster) in Sueca is not yet fully open to the public, but work continues to convert the site into a study centre. Visitors will also find Fuster’s correspondence, which he bequeathed to its present owner, the Library of Catalonia. Finally, the exhibition includes a selection of artworks collected by Fuster himself – often gifts to him by the artists – including paintings, sculptures, etchings and drawings that came to form an intrinsic part of the physical environment in which the writer lived and worked.

UNIVERSITAT DE VALÈNCIA: www.uv.es
INSTITUT INTERUNIVERSITARI DE FILOLOGIA VALENCIANA: www.ua.es/institutos/inst.filovalen
JOAN FUSTER CÀTEDRA: www.uv.es/catedra
LA FUNDACIÓ: www.fundacio.es
UNIVERSITAT JAUME I: www.uji.es
AJUNTAMENT DE SUECA: www.sueca.es
CASA JOAN FUSTER: www.casajoanfuster.sueca.es