Vera Chase
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Chase was raised in Prague in a literary family.[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.[5] Bittová says that she was inspired by the poem and its sense of eroticism and humor.[5]
Chase was recognized for her writing with a 1997 Czech Book award and a 1998 Knižní klub award.[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."[6]
