Gohar Markosjan-Käsper

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Gohar Markosjan-Käsper (born in Yerevan) is an Armenian writer, currently residing in Tallinn, Estonia.

She was born into a family where father was an opera singer and mother a ballet-dancer. She graduated the university as a Russian philologist. Since 1990, she is married to Kalle Käsper, an Estonian writer and translator. Markosjan-Käsper's best-known work is probably the novel Penelope (translated into French, German - as Penelope, die Listenreiche[1], Dutch and Spanish)her novels Helena and The Caryatides[2] have also been successful in Russia and the Western Europe. Her works have been characterized as magical realist. She writes in Russian; she is also member of the Estonian Union of Writers[3] (Eesti Kirjanike Liit). Before moving to Estonia, Gohar Markosjan used to work as a doctor in Yerevan.

[edit] Works

  • Penelope (1998)
  • Helena (2000)
  • The Caryatides (2003)

[edit] References and notes

  1. ^ Gohar Morkosjan-Kasper: "Penelope, die Listenreiche". Eine literarische Verneigung vor Joyce und Homer (German)
  2. ^ Text in Russian
  3. ^ Eesti Kirjanike Liit

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