Vinco David Foundation
This page contains the spiritual legacy of Vinco David (1961-2023), the husband of trend watcher Adjiedj Bakas, who died of lung cancer. Vinco David was born on November 19, 1961 in Leiden, into a liberal Jewish family. He grew up in Brabant and the North Holland town of Castricum, studied political science in Amsterdam and then rose to become a top executive in the global credit insurance industry. He also wrote three novels:
- The Male Harem (2006)
- Beyond the Sugarcane (2009)
- The Reptile Funds (2022)
He was happily married for 25 years to his great love, trend watcher Adjiedj Bakas. As a colorful power couple, they led fascinating lives, built a loving vramilie (=self-selected family of friends and selected blood relatives) and nurtured vrolleagues (=colleagues and other business associates with whom they became friends).
They traveled all over the world, immersed themselves in different cultures, built a museum art collection and created their own “fairy tale house” (dixit business magazine Quote), first in Amsterdam, then in Almere.
Documentary Lifelight
Interview on Omroep Flevoland about
his novel The Reptile Funds
book presentation to fellow novelist
Pieter Waterdrinker
the wedding ceremony
of Vinco and Adjied:
interview on credit insurance:
Funeral Service Vinco
Vinco is buried in the liberal Jewish cemetery Gan Hashalom in Amstelveen
The artwork ‘Levenslicht’ about his life now hangs, for inspiration and remembrance in Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc
Books
Vinco’s first novel “Men’s Harem” was published in 2006. A new edition of this novel will be published in Almere in 2025, accompanied by a teaching package “Surinamese-Hindostans and LGBTQIA. This is intended to promote the emancipation of sexual minorities within the Surinamese-Hindostan community.
In 2025ff, all three of Vinco’s novels will be published in India by the major publisher Rupa Publications, first in English and later in Hindi and other Indian languages.
On the second anniversary of his death in 2025, the Municipality of Almere will place a bench named after him at the Almere marina in his memory.
Vinco and Adjiedj began working on an English-language trend book for countries with predominantly young populations five years before Vinco’s death, entitled #Forwardism. This book will be published in India by Rupa Publications in July 2025. The book launch will be at the Dutch embassy in Delhi.
See the YouTube documentary on his life here
Autobiography
In his autobiography Levenslust, Adjiedj Bakas talks at length about his great love, Vinco David. This autobiography is currently being filmed. The documentary of the same name will soon be on YouTube.