10 Facts About Vratislav Brabenec

Vratislav Brabenec was born in Prague into the family of a postal worker.

Vratislav Brabenec studied gardening at the Agricultural Secondary School in Melnik, and he practised gardening for several years after school.

Vratislav Brabenec worked in Great Britain in 1969, and when he returned to his homeland he worked for some gardening companies.

Vratislav Brabenec lived in Canada from 1983 until 1997 but since the Velvet Revolution he often visited Czechoslovakia.

Vratislav Brabenec returned to his homeland in 1997, and since then he has been pursuing a musical career and partly working as a garden designer.

Vratislav Brabenec's wife Marie Benetkova was born on 1945 and is a poet and artist.

Vratislav Brabenec plays the alto saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet and he sings.

Vratislav Brabenec has been a member of The Plastic People of the Universe and so he experienced the persecution of the 1970s in Czechoslovakia which, due to the banned concerts of PPU, led to Charta 77.

Vratislav Brabenec wrote much of the lyrics for the group with philosophical and religious themes.

Vratislav Brabenec prepared another one in 1982 but it was not published until 1992.