Complex sentence: Edwin Muir (15 May 1887-3 January, 1959) was a Scottish poet and novelist born on a farm in Deerness on the Orkney Islands in the remote northeast of Scotland.
Split into simpler sentences: Edwin Muir (15 May 1887-3 January, 1959) was a Scottish poet and novelist. He was born on a farm in Deerness, Orkney Islands in the remote northeast of Scotland.