Gohar Markosjan-Käsper
Gohar Markosjan-Käsper was an Armenian writer who lived in Tallinn, Estonia.Life
Her father was an opera singer and mother a ballet-dancer. She graduated the Yerevan State Medical School as a doctor. She married Kalle Käsper, an Estonian writer and translator, in 1990. Before moving to Estonia, Gohar Markosjan used to work as a doctor in Yerevan.Work as a writer
Markosjan-Käsper's best-known work is probably the novel Penelope . Her novels Helena and The Caryatides have also been successful in Russia and Western Europe. Her works have been characterized as magical realist.
She wrote in Russian. Markosjan-Käsper was also a member of the Estonian Writers' Union.
