Complex sentence: In 2009, he became a Chevalier in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and received the Grande Médaille de la Ville de Paris in 2012.
Split into simpler sentences: In 2009, he became a Chevalier in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. An Adventure History of Paris, he was awarded the Grande Médaille de la Ville de Paris in 2012.