Geoffrey R. Waters was an American poet

Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

, and translator.

He served as a Field Artillery officer. He graduated from Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University is a private research university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, the university is named for shipping and rail magnate "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided Vanderbilt its initial $1 million endowment despite having never been to the...

 with a BA degree in History and Chinese, and from Indiana University

Indiana University

Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...

 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

Glendale, California

Glendale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the city population is 191,719, down from 194,973 at the 2000 census. making it the third largest city in Los Angeles County and the 22nd largest city in the state of California...

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Works

• Three Elegies of Ch'u: an Introduction to the Traditional Interpretation of the Ch'u Tz'u, University of Wisconsin Press, 1985, ISBN 9780299100308

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 9780253355805
• White Crane: Love Songs of the Sixth Dalai Lama, White Pine, 2007, ISBN 9781893996823
• The Song of Endless Sorrow Bo Juyi
• Broken Willow: the Complete Poems of Yu Xuanji (SUNY Press).

External links

• "Some Notes on Translating Classical Chinese Poetry", Cipher Journal