Complex sentence: "A METADE ARRANCADA DE MIM" is his first published novel in Brazil, it was originally written as a movie script that won an award of the Secretary of Culture of the State of São Paulo in 1987.
Split into simpler sentences: A METADE ARRANCADA DE MIM is his first published novel in Brazil, it was originally written as a movie script. It won an award of the Secretary of Culture of the State of São Paulo in 1987.