Prime Minister's Literary Awards
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Edition 4 (2011) Winner
Boori Monty Pryor
ブーリ・モンティ・プライヤー
Būri Monty Puriyā
Aliases:
Boori Pryor
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1950-01-01 （Townsville, Queensland, Australia）
- Nationality
- Australia
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Townsville, Queensland
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Storyteller, Actor
- Active Years
- 1980-2024
- Nominations
- International Emmy nomination for Wrong Kind of Black
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Prime Minister's Literary Award | Shake a Leg | Children's Fiction | Prime Minister's Office | Winner |
| 1999 | Children's Book Council of Australia Award | My Girragundji | Younger Readers | Children's Book Council of Australia | Winner |
| 2012 | Australian Children's Laureate | — | — | — | Inaugural Laureate |
| 1990 | NAIDOC Award | — | — | National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee | Winner |
| — | Victorian Premier's Literary Award | — | — | — | Winner |
| — | New South Wales Premier's Literary Award | — | — | — | Winner |
Prime Minister's Literary Award
2011
Work:
Shake a Leg
Category:
Children's Fiction
Organization:
Prime Minister's Office
Result:
Winner
Children's Book Council of Australia Award
1999
Work:
My Girragundji
Category:
Younger Readers
Organization:
Children's Book Council of Australia
Result:
Winner
Australian Children's Laureate
2012
Result:
Inaugural Laureate
NAIDOC Award
1990
Organization:
National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee
Result:
Winner
Victorian Premier's Literary Award
Result:
Winner
New South Wales Premier's Literary Award
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Shake a Leg
2010 Picture BookPicture book introducing Aboriginal culture
Aboriginal cultureDance
My Girragundji
1998 Young Adult NovelStory of an Aboriginal boy
IdentitySpirit
The Binna Binna Man
1999 Young Adult NovelStory based on Aboriginal mythology
MythologyFamily
Maybe Tomorrow
1998 Non-fictionAutobiographical non-fiction
Aboriginal lifeTrauma
Bibliography
- Shake a Leg (2010)
- Story Doctors (2021)
- My Girragundji (1998)
- The Binna Binna Man (1999)
- Njunjul the Sun (2002)
- Flytrap (2002)
- Maybe Tomorrow (1998)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Oral storytelling styleSimple narrative
- Recurring Motifs
- Aboriginal cultureSpiritsIdentity
Legacy
Aboriginal Australian storyteller contributing to children's literature; inaugural Australian Children's Laureate.
In Popular Culture
- Narrator and basis for Wrong Kind of Black web series
Trivia
- Descended from Birri Gubba and Kunggandji peoples.
- Appeared in Women of the Sun.