Věra Chase (born 1970)[1] is a Czech translator and author of poetry and fiction.
[3] Chase's work has been called playful and "intensely physical" by Radio Prague.
[4] Chase's poetry was used as the basis for the title song on the eponymous album, Elida, by Iva Bittová and Bang on a Can All Stars.
[1] Also in October 1997, Chase gave a lecture at Rutgers University.
Her lecture, given with Karen von Kunes was called "Smuggling Verses: Czech Poetry Today.