Complex sentence: Jan Kott (October 27,1914--December 23,2001) was a Polish political activist, critic and theoretician of the theatre; a leading proponent of Stalinism in Poland after the Soviet takeover of the country.
Split into simpler sentences: Jan Kott (October 27,1914--December 23,2001) was a Polish political activist, critic and theoretician of the theatre. He was a leading proponent of Stalinism in Poland after the Soviet takeover of the country.