Berthe de Puybusque

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, 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.