Tintin in Tibet (French: Tintin au Tibet) is the twentieth volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. It was serialised from September 1958 to November 1959 in Tintin magazine and published as a book in 1960. Hergé considered it "intensely personal" and came to see it his favourite Tintin adventure, as it was created while he was suffering from traumatic nightmares and a personal conflict over whether he should leave his wife of three decades for a younger woman. The story tells of the young reporter Tintin in search of his friend Chang Chong-Chen, whom the authorities claim has died in a plane crash in the Himalayan mountains. Convinced that Chang has survived, Tintin leads his companions across the Himalayas to the plateau of Tibet, along the way encountering the elusive Yeti. Following The Red Sea Sharks (1958) and its parade of characters, Tintin in Tibet differed from other stories in the series in that it featured only a few familiar characters and was also the only Tintin adventure not to pit Tintin against an antagonist. Tintin in Tibet is highly regarded by critics, and has been praised by the Dalai Lama, who awarded the Light of Truth Award to the book and Hergé. Tintin in Tibet has been adapted for television, radio, documentary, theatre, and a video game, and has been the subject of a museum exhibition.