乔纳森·克莱门茨

乔纳森·克莱门茨（英语：Jonathan Clements，1971年7月9日— ）英国作家与编剧，会说汉语和日语。现为西安交通大学特聘研究员。其著作横跨北京城市史、丝路历史和毛泽东、马可波罗、中国传奇外交官顾维钧等人物传记，其中《秦始皇》(The First Emperor of China, 2006)一书于二○○七年被译成中文并出版。“国家地理频道”《郑成功：古船重现》(Koxinga: A Hero’s Legacy, 2012)记录片奠基于其著作《海盗王：郑成功与明朝的倾覆》(The Pirate King: Coxinga and the Fall of the Ming Dynasty, 2004)。其近年著作有《新译孙子兵法》(Art of War: A New Translation, 2012)与《现代中国》(Modern China: All That Matters, 2013)。

Jonathan Michael Clements (born 9 July 1971) is a British author and scriptwriter. His non-fiction works include biographies of Confucius, Koxinga and Qin Shi Huang, as well as monthly opinion columns for Neo magazine. He is also the co-author of encyclopedias of anime and Japanese television dramas.

Background

Clements speaks both Chinese and Japanese, and many of his works relate to East Asia. He wrote his master's degree at the University of Stirling on manga and anime exports, predicting the rise of several trends in the international industry including back-to-front printing, direct American investment in anime, and the proliferation of attempts to substitute non-Japanese products. Subsequently, he translated over 70 anime and manga works for British distributors, and worked as a voice director and actor. He wrote his PhD at the University of Wales on the industrial history of Japanese animation, later published by the British Film Institute as Anime: A History.

He served two years at Titan Books in London as the editor of Manga Max magazine, an experience he would later fictionalise as the Judge Dredd adventure Trapped on Titan. In 2000, he received the Japan Festival Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Understanding of Japanese Culture, specifically for his work on Manga Max.

Broadcast work

Shortly after leaving the editorship of Manga Max magazine, he became a presenter on the Sci-Fi Channel's Japan-themed magazine show Saiko Exciting. He has been a consultant and talking head on numerous TV shows, including New Secrets of the Terracotta Warriors (Channel 4), Koxinga: Sailing into History (National Geographic), China's Jade Empire (Channel 4), and Chinese Chariot Revealed (PBS). In 2016, he became the presenter of three seasons of Route Awakening (National Geographic Asia), a series investigating the origins of several key Chinese cultural icons.

In 2019, he appeared on Christmas University Challenge as a member of the winning Leeds University team, alongside Henry Gee and Timothy Allen, captained by Richard Coles.

Script work

Although Clements has written a couple of novels, much of his fiction work is CD audio drama or radio under the auspices of Big Finish Productions, including the Strontium Dog series, starring Simon Pegg, and the Doctor Who spin-off Sympathy for the Devil, starring David Warner and David Tennant.

Down to Earth (London: Big Finish, 2002; web, BBCi, 2005) (Strontium Dog)

Trapped on Titan (London: Big Finish, 2002) (Judge Dredd)

Doctor Who Unbound: Sympathy for the Devil (London: Big Finish, 2003)

Fire From Heaven (London: Big Finish, 2003 web, BBCi, 2005) (Strontium Dog)

99 Code Red (London: Big Finish, 2003) (Judge Dredd)

Pre-Emptive Revenge (London: Big Finish, 2004) (Judge Dredd)

Solo (London: Big Finish, 2005) (Judge Dredd)

Snake Head (London: Big Finish, 2005) (Doctor Who: UNIT)

Red Devils (London: Noise Monster, 2005) (Space 1889)

Immortal Beloved (London: Big Finish, 2007; radio, BBC7, 2008) (Doctor Who)

Brave New Town (London: Big Finish, 2008; radio, BBC7, 2009) (Doctor Who)

The Destroyer of Delights (London: Big Finish, 2009) (Doctor Who)

The Tiger's Tail (London: Big Finish, 2009) (Robin Hood)

The Deer Hunters (London: Big Finish, 2009) (Robin Hood)

Secret of the Sword (London: Big Finish, 2009) (Highlander)

Survival of the Fittest (London: Big Finish, 2010; radio, BBC Radio 4 Extra, 2012) (Doctor Who)

The Devil's Playground (London: Big Finish, 2010) (Judge Dredd)

Year Zero (London: Big Finish, 2010) (Bernice Summerfield)

Death Note: die hörspielreihe (Cologne: Lübbe Audio, 2018-19) (Death Note, 12-part series released in German and French)