Berthe de Puybusque
Berthe de Puybusque | |
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| Born | 14 December 1848 |
| Died | 12 November 1926 (aged 77) |
| Nationality | French |
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[edit]
Berthe Marie Barthélemine de Puybusque, born at Château de Lacombe in Muret (Haute-Garonne) on 14 December 1848,[1] published her first works under the pseudonym Rustica. Crowned as a master of Jeux Floraux in Toulouse,[2] she wrote novels intended for young girls as well as poems. She also collaborated with L'Ouvrier, an illustrated bi-weekly journal.[3] She died in Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze (Haute-Garonne) on 12 November 1926.[4]
Works[edit]
- 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.[5]
- 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.[6]
- 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.[7]
Legacy[edit]
An alleyway in Muret bears her name.
References[edit]
- ^ "Etat civil de la Haute-Garonne". Archives départementales de la Haute-Garonne (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ Recueil de l'Académie des jeux floraux 1923
- ^ Puybusque, Guillaume-Albert de (1843-19 ) Auteur du texte (1912). Généalogie de la famille de Puybusque , par Guillaume-Albert de Puybusque,...
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "L'Express du Midi du 16/11/1926, nécrologie p.2 et avis de décès p.3" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ Toulouse, Université de (1905). Revue des Pyrénées. Robarts - University of Toronto. Toulouse.
- ^ Société bibliographique, Paris. Polybiblion; revue bibliographique universelle. Robarts - University of Toronto. Paris.
- ^ texte, Académie des jeux floraux (Toulouse) Auteur du (1903). "Recueil de l'Académie des jeux floraux". gallica.bnf.fr. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
Sources[edit]
- 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.
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