Raphael Rudnik (April 30, 1933 – June 22, 2009) was an American poet and literary scout.
His poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The Quarterly Review of Literature, New Directions, and other journals.
[2] Rudnik published the poetry collections A Lesson From the Cyclops (Vintage, 1969), In The Heart of Our City (Random House, 1972), and Frank, 207 (Ohio University Press, 1982).
In spring 2009, knowing his health was failing fast after years of emphysema and other conditions, Rudnik redoubled his efforts to finish the manuscript, and completed the revisions a few days before his death.
Paul Auster, who was a friend of Rudnik's, edited and compiled the drafts he left behind into a version of over 6,000 lines.