The American Scholar (magazine)
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The American Scholar is the literary quarterly of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, founded in 1932. The journal has won four National Magazine Awards from the American Society of Magazine Editors: Essays, 1999 and 2003; General Excellence (circulations under 100,000), 2000; Feature Writing, 2006.[1] [2] Additionally, the magazine has won four Utne Independent Press Awards from Utne Reader.
The magazine is named for an oration by Ralph Waldo Emerson given before the society in 1837.
