Alfred Listal

Alfred Listal was the pen name of Willem Frederik Gouwe, a Dutch writer and illustrator. Sources available here describe him as a creator of children's books who both wrote and illustrated his own work, especially picture books and books of verses for young readers.

His best-known books appeared in the 1910s and 1920s and include titles such as Klokje Bim-Bam, Van de Wortelkindertjes, Flipje Fluiter en zijn vrind, and Lisette's Paaschei. The record for Klokje Bim-Bam on Project Gutenberg credits him as both author and illustrator, which fits the broader picture of him as an artist working in words and images at the same time.

A later source notes that Gouwe used Alfred Listal as a pseudonym for his children's books and also published under his own name on applied graphic art, including stamp design. That same source says he later served as director of the Instituut voor Ambachts- en Nijverheidskunst and, from 1945, headed the aesthetic service of the Dutch P.T.T., suggesting a career that reached well beyond children's publishing.