Complex sentence: Petit has been presented with the James Park Morton Interfaith Award, the Streb Action Maverick Award, The Byrdcliff Award, is the recipient of the New York Historical Society Award and was made "Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres" by the French Ministry of Culture.
Split into simpler sentences: Petit has been presented with the James Park Morton Interfaith Award, the Streb Action Maverick Award, The Byrdcliff Award, and the New York Historical Society Award. He was made "Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres" by the French Ministry of Culture.