Question: Was Allen Drury or Jean Giono born first?

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Simon du Fleuve: Simon du Fleuve is a post-apocalyptic French graphic novel series written by Claude Auclair, with five volumes published between 1976–1978, and a second cycle of four albums from 1988-1989.  "Simon du Fleuve" started in the pages of "Tintin" magazine.   The heirs of Jean Giono have stated that elements of the story are stolen from Giono's "Le chant du monde".  

Joy of Man's Desiring: Joy of Man's Desiring (French: Que ma joie demeure ) is a 1936 novel by the French writer Jean Giono.  The story takes place in an early 20th-century farmer's community in southern France, where the inhabitants suffer from a mysterious disease, while a healer tries to save them by teaching the value of joy.  The title is taken from Johann Sebastian Bach's chorale "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring".  An English translation by Katherine Allen Clarke was published in 1940.

Grand prix Jean Giono: The Grand prix Jean Giono (French: Prix Jean Giono ) is a French literary prize.  It was established in 1990 at the initiative of Michel Albert, to honour the writer Jean Giono.  Since 1992 it consists of two categories: the Jean Giono Grand Prize (Grand prix Jean-Giono) and the Jury Prize (Prix du Jury).

Un roi sans divertissement: Un roi sans divertissement ("a king without distraction") is a 1947 novel by the French writer Jean Giono.  The narrative is set between 1843 and 1848 in the French Prealps and follows a police officer who discovers unpleasant truths about himself during a murder investigation.  It was the first book by Giono to be published after World War II and marks the beginning of a new phase in the author's oeuvre.

Blue Boy (novel): Blue Boy (French: Jean le Bleu ) is a 1932 novel by the French writer Jean Giono.  It tells the story of a family in Provence, with an ironer mother and a shoemaker father.  The book is largely autobiographical and based on Giono's childhood, although it has many fictional anecdotes.  An English translation by Katherine A. Clarke was published in 1946.

Colline: Colline is a 1929 novel by the French writer Jean Giono.  It has also been published as Hill of Destiny.  It tells the story of a small hamlet in Provence where the superstitious residents struggle against nature, as their settlement is struck by several misfortunes.  "Colline" was Giono's debut novel.  It is the first installment in the author's Pan trilogy; it was followed by the standalone novels "Lovers are Never Losers" and "Second Harvest".

Allen Drury's University series: Allen Drury's "University" series is a trio of novels written by political novelist Allen Drury between 1990 and 1998, which follow a group of university fraternity brothers for a span of over 60 years from 1938 to 2001.  Drury graduated from Stanford University in 1939, and his experiences there provided the basis for the series.  The novels are set in a different fictional timeline from Drury's 1959 novel "Advise and Consent", which earned him a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Jean Giono: Jean Giono (30 March 1895 – 8 October 1970) was a French author who wrote works of fiction mostly set in the Provence region of France.

Lovers Are Never Losers: Lovers Are Never Losers (French: Un de Baumugnes ) is a 1929 novel by the French writer Jean Giono.  It tells a love story set in rural France in the early 20th century.  It is the standalone second entry in Giono's Pan trilogi; it was preceded by "Colline" and followed by "Second Harvest".  It was published in English in 1931, translated by Jacques Le Clercq.

Allen Drury: Allen Stuart Drury (September 2, 1918 – September 2, 1998) was an American novelist.  He wrote the 1959 novel "Advise and Consent", for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1960.

Supporting paragraphs: Allen Drury Jean Giono
Answer: Jean Giono