Great Neck Resident Wins French Poetry
Award
December 22, 1999 - Great Neck resident Michael Sussman, a
French major at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University
in Brookville, has won First Prize in the Hofstra University
French Poetry Contest. The award was presented earlier this
year by Hofstra University and the American Association of Teachers
of French. Michael earned advanced university-level accolades
for his recitation of the poem "La Cigale et Fourmi"
by noted French poet and short story writer Jean de la Fontaine.
Sussman, a graduate of Great Neck North High, was chosen out
of hundreds of students from several universities. The judges
were French professors who rated contestants on criteria that
included delivery and pronunciation.
