The start of Marine Petrossian’s literary career coincided with the ending of the Soviet Union.

Her first book was published in Yerevan in 1993, just two years after Armenia, formerly Soviet Republic, became independent.

The presentation of the book took place at the National Library of Argentina and well-known newspaper Página/12 invited Petrossian to interview.

Some of her self-translations can be found in Transcript – Europe's online review of international writing, as well as in Deviation, Anthology of Contemporary Armenian Literature ISBN 978-99941-2-188-5 Petrossian’s essay "Antipoetry, or When the Poet Does Not Seek an Alibi" [3] has aroused intense discussions in Armenian literary circles.

In 2007, Petrossian received "Tigran Hayrapetian" award for her essay "Why the War does not Come to an End".