Complex sentence: Iosif Leonidovich Prut (1900--1996) was a Russian playwright and the first Soviet screenwriter, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1983).
Split into simpler sentences: Iosif Leonidovich Prut (1900--1996) was a Russian playwright and the first Soviet screenwriter. Prut was awarded the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR (1983).