thierry hentsch (august 7, 1944 - july 7, 2005) was a swiss-canadian philosopher and political scientist. he is most noted for his books "raconter et mourir : aux sources narratives de l’imaginaire occidental", which won the governor general's award for french-language non-fiction at the 2003 governor general's awards, and "le temps aboli: l’occident et ses grands récits", which was a nominee in the same category at the 2006 governor general's awards.