Berthe de Puybusque (pen name, Rustica; 14 December 1848 – 12 November 1926) was a French female poet and novelist born in Muret (Haute-Garonne).
Biography Berthe Marie Barthélemine de Puybusque, born at Château de Lacombe in Muret (Haute-Garonne) on 14 December 1848, published her first works under the pseudonym Rustica. Crowned as a master of Jeux Floraux in Toulouse,Recueil de l'Académie des jeux floraux 1923 she wrote novels intended for young girls as well as poems. She also collaborated with L'Ouvrier, an illustrated bi-weekly journal. She died in Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze (Haute-Garonne) on 12 November 1926.
Works Labeur sans gloire; Hirt & Cie, 1920 Pascalette; Hirt & Cie, 1923 Gina la blonde; Hirt & Cie, 1929 L'équivoque; Gautier-Languereau, 1926 Leçon des choses, a collection of poems. Ollendorf, 1894 (under her pseudonym Rustica) Les deux robes, a novel. Gautier, 1902. La bête hombrée, a novel. Perpignan, Latrobe, 1902. L'Angélus sur les champs, poetry, with a preface by Mr. Charles de Pomairols (L' me latine). Toulouse, 1907. Marie de Renaud, a novel. Gautier, 1910. L'arme du fou, a novel. Paris, 1912. Le Rosaire, a collection of verses, with a foreword by Mr. Ch. de Pomairols. Besançon, Imprimerie de l'Est, 1912. Les Lointains s'éclairent, a novel. Gautier, 1912. Moisson, an idyll that received an accolade at the Jeux floraux Eulogy of Clémence Isaure delivered by Berthe de Puybusque, Master of the Floral games.
Legacy An alleyway in Muret bears her name.
References
Sources Gérard Walsh, Poets of Yesterday and Today Notice, followed by Le premier papillon and Peur (from the collection L'angélus sur les champs) Genealogy of the Puybusque family, by Guillaume-Albert de Puybusque; E. Privat (Toulouse), 1912; read online on Gallica; also see pages 211, 239, 329.