Mudrooroo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mudrooroo

Australian author and poet

Date of Birth: 21-Aug-1938

Place of Birth: Narrogin, Western Australia, Australia

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: writer, poet, author, literary critic

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Colin Thomas Johnson (21 August 1938 – 20 January 2019), better known by his nom de plume Mudrooroo, was a novelist, poet, essayist and playwright.
He has been described as one of the most enigmatic literary figures of Australia and his many works are centred on Australian Aboriginal characters and Aboriginal topics. Also known as Mudrooroo Narogin and Mudrooroo Nyoongah.
Narogin after the Indigenous spelling for his place of birth, and Nyoongah after the name of the people from whom he claimed descent.
Mudrooroo means paperbark in the Bibbulmun language group spoken by the Noongar.