Dagobert David Runes (January 6, 1902 – September 24, 1982) was an immigrant publisher in the US, a philosopher and author.
[1] Inspired by youthful vigor and free-thinking ideas, Runes's first book entitled The True Jesus or the Fifth Gospel (1927), published in a Viennese publishing house with the financial support of the Social Democratic Party of Austria, created such a stir, says Professor of German literature Ulrich E. Bach, that its publisher, Rudolf Cerny, was sentenced to sixty days in prison.
[2]: 279–280 Thus Runes - fearing a charge of blasphemy - was forced to emigrate to New York as early as 1928.
He wrote and edited numerous books on the subjects of philosophy, politics, education, Judaism and his own poetry.
[7] His poem “Gottes Wiederkehr” was adapted for a four-part mixed choir as Op.