Fires (French: Feux ) is a 1936 prose book by the French writer Marguerite Yourcenar.
 It consists of aphorisms, prose poetry and fragmentary diary entries alluding to a love story.
Jean-Claude Andro (1937, Quimper – 2000) was a French writer.
 He published his first novel at 22 and then left to teach in Mexico (1960-62).
 He then pursued a career as a novelist and translator ("Zone sacrée" and "Chant des aveugles" by Carlos Fuentes and "Christ des ténèbres" by Rosario Castellanos).
Ferdinande Louise Marie Ghislaine (Fernande) de Cartier de Marchienne (Suarlée, 23 February 1872-Bruxelles 19 June 1903) was the Belgian mother of Marguerite Yourcenar.
 She was a daughter of Arthur de Cartier de Marchienne
Memoirs of Hadrian (French: Mémoires d'Hadrien ) is a novel by the Belgian-born French writer Marguerite Yourcenar about the life and death of Roman Emperor Hadrian.
 First published in France in French in 1951 as "Mémoires d'Hadrien", the book was an immediate success, meeting with enormous critical acclaim.
 Although the historical Hadrian wrote an autobiography, it has been lost.
Marguerite Yourcenar (] ; 8 June 1903 – 17 December 1987) was a French novelist and essayist born in Brussels, Belgium, who became a US citizen in 1947.
 Winner of the "Prix Femina" and the Erasmus Prize, she was the first woman elected to the Académie française, in 1980, and the seventeenth person to occupy seat 3.
A Coin in Nine Hands (French: Denier du rêve ) is a 1934 novel by the French writer Marguerite Yourcenar.
 A reworked edition was published in 1959.
Rosario Castellanos Figueroa (] ; 25 May 1925 – 7 August 1974) was a Mexican poet and author.
 Along with the other members of the Generation of 1950 (the poets who wrote following the Second World War, influenced by César Vallejo and others), she was one of Mexico's most important literary voices in the last century.
 Throughout her life, she wrote eloquently about issues of cultural and gender oppression, and her work has influenced feminist theory and cultural studies.
 Though she died young, she opened the door of Mexican literature to women, and left a legacy that still resonates today.
The Abyss (French: L'Œuvre au noir ) is a 1968 novel by the Belgian-French writer Marguerite Yourcenar.
 Its narrative centers on the life and death of Zeno, a physician, philosopher, scientist and alchemist born in Bruges during the Renaissance era.
 The book was published in France in 1968 and was met with immediate popular interest as well as critical acclaim, obtaining the Prix Femina with unanimous votes the year of its publication.
 The English translation by Grace Frick has been published under the title "The Abyss" or alternatively Zeno of Bruges.
 Belgian filmmaker André Delvaux adapted it into a film in 1988.
Cristina Pacheco is a journalist, writer, interviewer and television personality who lives and works in Mexico City.
 While her journalism career began in 1960, continuing with regular columns in La Jornada, she is best known for her work in television, hosting two shows called Aquí nos tocó vivir and Conversando, con Cristina Pacheco, both on Once TV since 1980.
 Which these shows, Pacheco interviews notable people and profiles popular Mexican culture, which includes interviews with common people.
 She has received over forty prizes and other recognitions for her work including Mexico’s National Journalism Prize and the first Rosario Castellanos a la Trayectoria Cultural de la Mujer Award for outstanding women in the Spanish-speaking world.
Oriental Tales (French: Nouvelles orientales ) is a 1938 short story collection by the French writer Marguerite Yourcenar.
 The stories share a self-consciously mythological form; some are based on pre-existing myths and legends, while some are new.
 The story "How Wang-Fo Was Saved" was adapted into an animated short film by René Laloux in the 1980s.

Question: Which writer was born first, Marguerite Yourcenar or Rosario Castellanos?
Answer: Marguerite Yourcenar