Geoffrey R. Waters

Geoffrey R. Waters (1948–2007) was an American poet, and translator.

He served as a Field Artillery officer.[1] He graduated from Vanderbilt University with a BA degree in History and Chinese, and from Indiana University with an MBA in Finance, and a PhD in Classical Chinese. He was a Senior Vice President at a California bank. In May 2007 Geoffrey R Waters suffered a fatal heartattack. He will be missed by many. He lived in Glendale, California.[2]

Awards

Works

  • Three Elegies of Ch'u: an Introduction to the Traditional Interpretation of the Ch'u Tz'u, University of Wisconsin Press, 1985, ISBN 978-0-299-10030-8

Translations

  • "Du Fu as Literary Critic: “Six Quatrains Written in Jest”", Cipher Journal,
  • "Thinking of a Way Home: A Song"; "Sent to the Ch-an Master Wu-Hsiang", Sunflower splendor: three thousand years of Chinese poetry, Editors Wu-chi Liu, Irving Yucheng Lo, Indiana University Press, 1975, ISBN 978-0-253-35580-5
  • White Crane: Love Songs of the Sixth Dalai Lama, White Pine, 2007, ISBN 978-1-893996-82-3
  • The Song of Endless Sorrow Bo Juyi
  • Broken Willow: the Complete Poems of Yu Xuanji (SUNY Press).

References

  1. ↑ http://www.atanet.org/publications/beacons_10_contributors.php
  2. ↑ http://www.cipherjournal.com/html/bios.html#Waters
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
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