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Berthe de Puybusque

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Berthe de Puybusque
Born(1848-12-14)14 December 1848
Died12 November 1926(1926-11-12) (aged 77)
NationalityFrench
1918 French magazine with Berther's L'arme du fou novel published

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

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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

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  • 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

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An alleyway in Muret bears her name.

References

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  1. ^ "Etat civil de la Haute-Garonne". Archives départementales de la Haute-Garonne (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  2. ^ Recueil de l'Académie des jeux floraux 1923
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Toulouse, Université de (1905). Revue des Pyrénées. Robarts - University of Toronto. Toulouse.
  6. ^ Société bibliographique, Paris. Polybiblion; revue bibliographique universelle. Robarts - University of Toronto. Paris.
  7. ^ texte, Académie des jeux floraux (Toulouse) Auteur du (1903). "Recueil de l'Académie des jeux floraux". gallica.bnf.fr. Retrieved 23 May 2023.

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