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Boori Monty Pryor was born on 1950 in Townsville, Australia, is an Aboriginal Australian storyteller and writer. Discover Boori Monty Pryor's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 74 years old?

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1950

Boori Monty Pryor (born 1950) is an Aboriginal Australian author best known as a storyteller and as the inaugural Australian Children's Laureate (2012–2013).

Pryor is descended from the Birri Gubba nation of the Bowen region and the Kunggandji people from Yarrabah, near Cairns.

His father was Monty Prior.

Pryor had a long career communicating Aboriginal Australian culture to schools in Australia, performing dances, playing didgeridoo, and storytelling, before turning to writing books.

He has worked in film and television, sport, and music.

1986

In 1986, Boori had an acting role alongside his brother Paul Pryor in “Women of the Sun”.

1990

In 1990, Pryor received the National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) Award as a result of his "outstanding contribution to the promotion of Indigenous culture".

1998

Maybe Tomorrow (1998) won a Special Commendation from the Human Rights Awards and My Girragundji (1998), won a Children's Book Council of Australia Award, while The Binna Binna Man (1999), won several awards.

Picture Books

Young adult novels

Non-fiction

2011

In 2011, Shake a Leg won the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Children’s Fiction.

2012

Pryor was an ambassador for the National Year of Reading (Australia) in 2012.

In 2012, Pryor and Alison Lester were named the first inaugural Australian Children's Laureates.

Pryor's works, including those in collaboration with Meme McDonald, have also won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award and the New South Wales Premier's Literary Award.

2013

In his keynote address for the 2013 Come Out Festival in Adelaide, Pryor spoke about the importance of storytelling, performance, and dance in engaging children with literacy, literature, and Indigenous cultures.

2018

In 2018, ABC iView released the web/television series Wrong Kind of Black, narrated by and based on Pryor’s life.

2019

In September 2019, the web series was nominated for an International Emmy.

, a documentary film about Boori is being made, using crowdfunding.