Vratislav Brabenec (born 28 April 1943 in Prague) is a Czech musician and author, and a member of The Plastic People of the Universe.

When he was released after eight months, he signed Charta 77 and was forced to emigrate in 1982 as part of Akce Asanace.

He wrote much of the lyrics for the group with philosophical ("Jak bude po smrti" What it will be like after death with the use of texts by Ladislav Klíma) and religious themes ("Pašijové hry velikonoční" Easter Passion Play, first played in 1968 with the Spirituál kvintet[2]).

He has published in most Czech literary and music magazines and collective volumes in the 1990s (e.g. Revolver Revue, Host, Rolling Stone, Rock & Pop etc.).

[2] In the last few years, Brabenec has appeared in several movies, usually about or with PPU (Milan Hlavsa, Plastic People of the Universe, 2001 or ...a bude hůř, 2007).