Geoffrey R. Waters
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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
External links
- "Some Notes on Translating Classical Chinese Poetry", Cipher Journal
