On Monday, renowned Lebanese author Emily Nasrallah received the 2017 Goethe Medal award.

"This year′s Goethe Medals have been awarded to Lebanese author Emily Nasrallah, Indian publisher Urvashi Butalia and Russian civil rights activist Irina Shcherbakova," reported Qantara.

The motto of the this year's award is: "Language is the Key," and its recipients were announced earlier in July.

Attended by the Goethe-Institut's president, Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, a ceremony will be held in honor of all three recipients on August 28.

"Every year the Goethe-Institut confers the official decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany to honour figures who have performed outstanding service for international cultural dialogue."

