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{{Short description|Book by Hermann Huppen}}
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{{Infobox book  | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books -->
| name          =  Sarajevo Tango
| title_orig    = 
| translator    = 
| image         = Sarajevo-Tango.jpg
| image_size    = 230px
| caption = 
| author        =  [[Hermann Huppen|Hermann]] 
| illustrator   = [[Hermann Huppen|Hermann]] 
| cover_artist  = 
| country       = [[United States]]
| language      = [[French language|French]]
| series        = 
| subject       = [[Siege of Sarajevo]], [[Bosnian War]]
| genre         = [[Comics]], [[Memoir]]
| publisher     = [[Dupuis]]
| release_date  = [[1995 in comics|1995]]
| english_release_date =
| media_type    = Print, [[Paperback]]
| pages         = 56
| isbn          = 2-8001-2269-2
| oclc=
| preceded_by   = Missié Vandisandi
| followed_by   = Le secret des hommes-chiens
}}
'''''Sarajevo Tango''''' is an anti-war [[comic book]]/[[graphic novel]] by [[Hermann Huppen|Hermann]] initially released in 1995. ''Sarajevo Tango'' is also the first of Hermann's big works done in direct color, and according to several critics, one of his finest.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}

On the surface the book follows a crime story that takes place in [[Sarajevo]] during the [[Siege of Sarajevo]] (1992&ndash;1996). However, in the background Hermann clearly shows his disgust with the international community‚ in particular with its lack of action and decisiveness in preventing killings that occurred in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] during the entire war. Key figures such as [[Boutros Boutros-Ghali]], [[Yasushi Akashi]], General [[Lewis MacKenzie]], and British diplomat Lord [[David Owen]] are portrayed in the book as active participants, though often under slightly modified names.

The book is dedicated to the innocent victims of [[Sarajevo siege]] and [[Bosnian war]]. Copies of ''Sarajevo Tango'' were sent to various politicians, [[United Nations]], and government officials, artists, journalists and global celebrities. The book is also dedicated to Karim Zaimović, a young journalist and publicist killed in [[Sarajevo]] during the siege by [[Serbs|Serbian]] [[mortar shells]];<ref>''[[Strip Art Features]]'' 1996 edition, p. 2.</ref> and in part to [[Ervin Rustemagić]], Hermann's personal friend and survivor of the [[Siege of Sarajevo|Sarajevo siege]].

English language rights to the book were awarded to Rustemagić's [[Strip Art Features]]. The book was also translated into [[Bosnian language|Bosnian]], [[Swedish language|Swedish]], and [[Danish language|Danish]],

In 1995 Herman received the [[Durbuy]]-Grand Prix for ''Sarajevo Tango''.

==See also==
* ''[[Fax from Sarajevo]]''

==References==
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[[Category:1995 graphic novels]]
[[Category:Dupuis titles]]
[[Category:Non-fiction graphic novels]]
[[Category:Bosnian War in comics]]
[[Category:Siege of Sarajevo in comics]]
[[Category:Graphic novels about war]]
[[Category:Graphic novels set in Europe]]
[[Category:Graphic novels set in the 1990s]]
[[Category:Comics by Hermann]]


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