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=== Novelist ===
=== Novelist ===
Ledgard is the author of two novels, ''[[Giraffe (novel)|Giraffe]]'' (2006)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/mar/04/featuresreviews.guardianreview18|title=Review: Giraffe by JM Ledgard|last=Flint|first=James|date=2006-03-04|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-10-12|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2007/mar/30/tallstorythemysteryofthe|title=Tall story: the mystery of the Prague giraffe massacre|last=Connolly|first=Kate|date=2007-03-30|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-10-12|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and ''[[Submergence (novel)|Submergence]]'' (2013),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/09/books/review/submergence-by-j-m-ledgard.html|title=Into the Abyss|last=Skloot|first=Floyd|date=2013-06-07|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-10-12|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/there-is-another-world-in-our-world-a-conversation-with-j-m-ledgard|title="There Is Another World in Our World": A Conversation with J. M. Ledgard|last=Gourevitch|first=Philip|date=2013-04-30|access-date=2019-10-12|language=en|issn=0028-792X}}</ref> which was made into a film in 2017 of the [[Submergence (film)|same name]] by [[Wim Wenders]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Whittaker|first=Richard|last2=4:41PM|last3=Apr. 13|first3=Fri|last4=2018|title=Wim Wenders Talks About Submergence|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2018-04-13/wim-wenders-talks-about-submergence/|access-date=2020-08-10|website=www.austinchronicle.com|language=en-US}}</ref> His work has been compared to [[W. G. Sebald|W.G. Sebald]] and [[John le Carré|John Le Carré]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=FSG Originals {{!}} Terra Firma Triptych|url=https://www.fsgoriginals.com/books/terra-firma-triptych|access-date=2020-08-10|website=FSG Originals|language=en}}</ref> He has referred to his writing as “planetary”.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gourevitch|first=Philip|title="There Is Another World in Our World": A Conversation with J. M. Ledgard|url=https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/there-is-another-world-in-our-world-a-conversation-with-j-m-ledgard|access-date=2020-08-10|website=The New Yorker|language=en-us}}</ref> Submergence was a New York Times Book of the Year and a pick of the year by Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, NPR, and New York.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Book Review: 'Submergence'|url=https://www.npr.org/2013/04/05/176368223/book-review-submergence|access-date=2020-08-10|website=NPR.org|language=en}}</ref> Giraffe is considered a cult novel in the animal rights movement.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lindner|first=Elsbeth|date=2006-08-20|title=Giraffes penned in zoo wake up dazed Czechs|url=https://www.sfgate.com/books/article/Giraffes-penned-in-zoo-wake-up-dazed-Czechs-2513767.php|access-date=2020-08-10|website=SFGate}}</ref> A book of essays, Terra Firma, concerned Africa and technology.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-07-10|title=Terra Firma Triptych|url=https://fsgworkinprogress.com/2015/07/10/terra-firma-triptych/|access-date=2020-08-10|website=Work in Progress|language=en-US}}</ref>
Ledgard is the author of two novels, ''[[Giraffe (novel)|Giraffe]]'' (2006)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/mar/04/featuresreviews.guardianreview18|title=Review: Giraffe by JM Ledgard|last=Flint|first=James|date=2006-03-04|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-10-12|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2007/mar/30/tallstorythemysteryofthe|title=Tall story: the mystery of the Prague giraffe massacre|last=Connolly|first=Kate|date=2007-03-30|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-10-12|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and ''[[Submergence (novel)|Submergence]]'' (2013),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/09/books/review/submergence-by-j-m-ledgard.html|title=Into the Abyss|last=Skloot|first=Floyd|date=2013-06-07|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-10-12|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/there-is-another-world-in-our-world-a-conversation-with-j-m-ledgard|title="There Is Another World in Our World": A Conversation with J. M. Ledgard|last=Gourevitch|first=Philip|date=2013-04-30|access-date=2019-10-12|language=en|issn=0028-792X}}</ref> which was made into a film in 2017 of the [[Submergence (film)|same name]] by [[Wim Wenders]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Whittaker|first=Richard|last2=4:41PM|last3=Apr. 13|first3=Fri|last4=2018|title=Wim Wenders Talks About Submergence|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2018-04-13/wim-wenders-talks-about-submergence/|access-date=2020-08-10|website=www.austinchronicle.com|language=en-US}}</ref> His work has been compared to [[W. G. Sebald|W.G. Sebald]] and [[John le Carré|John Le Carré]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=FSG Originals {{!}} Terra Firma Triptych|url=https://www.fsgoriginals.com/books/terra-firma-triptych|access-date=2020-08-10|website=FSG Originals|language=en}}</ref> Submergence was a New York Times Book of the Year and a pick of the year by Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, NPR, and New York.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Book Review: 'Submergence'|url=https://www.npr.org/2013/04/05/176368223/book-review-submergence|access-date=2020-08-10|website=NPR.org|language=en}}</ref> Giraffe is considered a cult novel in the animal rights movement.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lindner|first=Elsbeth|date=2006-08-20|title=Giraffes penned in zoo wake up dazed Czechs|url=https://www.sfgate.com/books/article/Giraffes-penned-in-zoo-wake-up-dazed-Czechs-2513767.php|access-date=2020-08-10|website=SFGate}}</ref> A book of essays, Terra Firma, concerned Africa and technology.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-07-10|title=Terra Firma Triptych|url=https://fsgworkinprogress.com/2015/07/10/terra-firma-triptych/|access-date=2020-08-10|website=Work in Progress|language=en-US}}</ref>


=== Futurist ===
=== Futurist ===

Revision as of 04:55, 16 April 2022

J.M. Ledgard
Born1968 (age 55–56)
Shetland Islands
Occupation(s)Novelist, technologist, foreign and war correspondent
Notable workGiraffe (novel), Submergence (novel)

J.M. Ledgard (born 1968) is a British born novelist and an expert in advanced technology, nature, and risk in emerging markets.[1] He also works with conceptual artists.

Early life

Ledgard was born in the Shetland Islands, off the north coast of Scotland,[2] in 1968.

Career

Foreign and War Correspondent

After reporting on the Romanian revolution for The Scotsman as a student,[1] he worked as a foreign political and war correspondent for two decades. He reported lead stories from 60 countries for The Economist, including stints in Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Africa.[2] His emphasis was on security, natural resources, and macroeconomics. He reported on several conflicts and is a founder member of The Frontline Club. He was a contributing writer to 1843, The Economist's sister magazine. He writes occasional long pieces for The Atlantic and other publications.[3]

Novelist

Ledgard is the author of two novels, Giraffe (2006)[4][5] and Submergence (2013),[6][7] which was made into a film in 2017 of the same name by Wim Wenders.[8] His work has been compared to W.G. Sebald and John Le Carré.[9] Submergence was a New York Times Book of the Year and a pick of the year by Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, NPR, and New York.[10] Giraffe is considered a cult novel in the animal rights movement.[11] A book of essays, Terra Firma, concerned Africa and technology.[12]

Futurist

Linnaeus, a prototype for interspecies money transfer

He was a fellow and director at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne since 2012,[1] and has been involved in promoting super advanced technology in Africa.[13] He works with leading artificial intelligence scientists and roboticists to improve outcomes in often very poor communities and for nature. He was an early proponent of drone technology.[14][15] He invented the concept of blood delivery by drone, introducing the American startup Zipline into Rwanda.[16] He advanced the idea of droneports across the tropics, realising together with the architect Lord Norman Foster[17] a droneport prototype at the 2016 Venice Biennale. His cargo drone work has been taken up and scaled by the World Bank, the UN and commercial partners.[18] He supports digital self-sovereignty and was involved in early mobile money.[19] Since 2018, he has been focused on how artificial intelligence will perceive nature.[20] He was a visiting professor in AI and Nature at the Czech Technical University.[21] He is presently developing a prototype for interspecies money, by which rare non-human life forms may revalue themselves to improve their chance of survival.[22] He is an early proponent of the interspecies, an attempt to better comprehend other species using new technologies.[23] He is a fellow of the Linnean Society and was a visiting fellow at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Art

He collaborates with major artists on nature based projects, including on the deep ocean and digital futures with Olafur Eliasson,[24] on the interspecies with Tomas Saraceno,[25] and Federico Diaz[26] on nature based projects.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Jonathan M. Ledgard". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  2. ^ a b Taub, Ben (2019-09-16). "Jonathan Ledgard Believes Imagination Could Save the World". ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  3. ^ Ledgard, Jonathan (2004-04-01). "The Valley Of The King". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  4. ^ Flint, James (2006-03-04). "Review: Giraffe by JM Ledgard". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  5. ^ Connolly, Kate (2007-03-30). "Tall story: the mystery of the Prague giraffe massacre". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  6. ^ Skloot, Floyd (2013-06-07). "Into the Abyss". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  7. ^ Gourevitch, Philip (2013-04-30). ""There Is Another World in Our World": A Conversation with J. M. Ledgard". ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  8. ^ Whittaker, Richard; 4:41PM; Apr. 13, Fri; 2018. "Wim Wenders Talks About Submergence". www.austinchronicle.com. Retrieved 2020-08-10. {{cite web}}: |last4= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "FSG Originals | Terra Firma Triptych". FSG Originals. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  10. ^ "Book Review: 'Submergence'". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  11. ^ Lindner, Elsbeth (2006-08-20). "Giraffes penned in zoo wake up dazed Czechs". SFGate. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  12. ^ "Terra Firma Triptych". Work in Progress. 2015-07-10. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  13. ^ Taub, Ben. "Jonathan Ledgard Believes Imagination Could Save the World". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  14. ^ Wakefield, Jane (2019-01-26). "The airport that welcomes drone flights". Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  15. ^ "Drones and Droneports Under African Skies". The Possible. 2017-08-31. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  16. ^ "Drohnen statt EselÜber Ruanda entsteht das erste Last drohnen-Netzwerk der Welt.Profitiert am Ende wieder nur der Westen?" (PDF). Retrieved 21 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ "Foster reveals vaulted drone port prototype at Venice Biennale". Dezeen. 2016-05-27. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  18. ^ "African Drone Forum – Transforming mobility through technology". Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  19. ^ "Subscribe to read | Financial Times". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2020-08-10. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  20. ^ "Een revolutionair plan: dieren die mensen betalen om voor hen te zorgen". De Standaard (in Flemish). Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  21. ^ "Professor Jonathan Ledgard will lecture at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering - News service - Czech technical university in Prague". aktualne.cvut.cz. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
  22. ^ "Linnaeus – first interspecies money transfer service". Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  23. ^ "Interspecies I/O". interspecies.io. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
  24. ^ "Studio Olafur Eliasso... • Publication • Studio Olafur Eliasson". olafureliasson.net. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  25. ^ "ON AIR · STUDIO TOMÁS SARACENO". STUDIO TOMÁS SARACENO. 2018-10-13. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  26. ^ "Signal Festival - I'm Leaving the Body / 2019". www.signalfestival.com. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
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