Gaspard Amée
A curious spirit with a restless heart, Gaspard Amée has traced a path through many lives and places. Originally from Switzerland, he has kept a deep love for walking and wide-open heights—but it’s in Vancouver, British Columbia, that he’s finally found his footing.
Words came early, thanks to a mother who taught and a father who wrote. For over fifteen years, he worked as a journalist, columnist, and writer. Today, he works primarily as a translator, while tending to other creative pursuits. A traveller at heart, he writes to explore—and express—the constant pull between here and elsewhere.
His first poetry collection, Sasamat, was published in 2024 by Éditions du Blé.
Contact: ameegaspard@gmail.com
An active member of Canada’s Francophone literary community, Gaspard Amée has served on several juries—including the Gérald-Moreau Literary Prize and the Vancouver team poetry recitation finals—and is one of four members of the 2025 reading committee for the Radio-Canada (CBC) Poetry Prize.
He is also involved with À ciel ouvert, a literary journal devoted to Francophone writing from Western and Northern Canada, the Poetry In Voice network, and the Association of Francophone Writers from the Canadian North and West.
This small 60-page collection reads like a quiet walk—a poetic sequence that drifts between the outer world and the inner one.
Composed of 26 minimalist fragments in the spirit of haiku, it was written on Canada’s West Coast, near Vancouver, where nature is ever-present. It invites the reader to return to their own rhythm, one day at a time, and to rediscover wonder along the way.
Offered like a whispered prayer, it also reflects—for the author—the quiet joy of tending one’s inner garden.
Amber O’Reilly features Sasamat in the Fall–Winter 2024–2025 issue of Prairie Books Now.
« To transmit the beauty and mystery of the West Coast in instinctive and rhythmic verse—this is what the Swiss-born poet Gaspard Amée manages to achieve with his first collection of poetry Sasamat (…) »
Whispers from Readers
"Delicate and inspiring."
— Anonymous reader
"Every word is exactly where it should be—carrying the full weight of meaning and emotion."
— Isabelle F.
"Like in traditional haiku, nature becomes a mirror of the author’s emotions and inner world. He steps aside to let the images—and the feelings they stir—take centre stage."
— Anonymous reader
"Such a rich blend of beauty, mystery, freedom, and depth in this small collection! I’ll return to it again and again—for the pure joy of it, and to catch everything that lingers around the words."
— Isabelle G.
"A beautiful book. I keep coming back to it. It reads like music."
— Sylvette C.
"A literary gem for me!"
— Mireille L.
"Intimate. Moving. Evocative."
— J. Roger L.
"A deeply engaging literary journey, written with a sensitive, curious, and generous hand. Gaspard Amée is a writer to watch."
— Tereza P.
"Writing that feels truly pure."
— Gérard C.
"These miraculous words, these emotions flowing from page to page, these quiet steps that carry us into the still serenity of nature—they did me a world of good."
— Marcelle U.
In the Media
Before adopting the pen name Gaspard Amée, he worked as a journalist and columnist, with articles and columns published in prominent outlets such as Le Monde and Slate.fr (France), In Vivo Magazine, L’Hebdo, 20 Minutes, and Le Matin Bleu (Switzerland), as well as Le Délit and Voir.ca (Canada).
As an author, his poetry has been featured on Radio-Canada, in Prairie Books Now, on the blog D’ailleurs poésie, and in Poésie franco-ouestienne, 1974–2024—the first anthology of Francophone poetry from Western Canada, published by Éditions du Blé.
