Franz Servais

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameFranz•Servais
Used nameFranz•Servais
Born1 March 1880 in Luxembourg, Luxembourg (LUX)
Died31 January 1966 in Echternach, Grevenmacher (LUX)
NOC Luxembourg

Biography

Luxembourgian writer and poet Franz Servais first studied civil engineering in Liège. He first worked in the family-owned ironworks in Weilerbach in Germany, before he turned over the management of the company to his brother Maurice and devoted his time to poetry, philosophy, mathematics, and geology.

In November 1940 Servais was imprisoned by the Nazis for a written protest, and was interrogated by the Gestapo, but he was released by feigning mental confusion, and was then sent to the closed psychiatric institution of Ettelbrück for three months. Servais experienced the consequences of the Battle of the Bulge in Echternach. After World War II, he joined the People’s Friendship and co-founded the Association Luxembourg-URSS and Amitiés Luxembourg-Chine Populaire. His entry Les Sports was subtitled “A scientific and sporting fantasy in verse”.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1924 Summer Olympics Art Competitions LUX Franz Servais
Literature, Open (Olympic) AC

Errata

Year of birth also seen incorrectly as 1904.