Complex sentence: He was the winner of the Somerset Maugham Award for "Hearts of Gold" in 1981 and he appeared in Granta's 1983 list of Best Young British Novelists.
Split into simpler sentences: He was the winner of the Somerset Maugham Award for "Hearts of Gold" in 1981. In 1983, he was recognised in Granta's list of Best Young British Novelists.