Complex sentence: Gregório de Matos e Guerra (April 7 1636--November 26 1696), was the major baroque poet of Brazil, cultivating religious, lyrical, satirical and erotic poetry that was collected privately and finally published in the nineteenth century.
Split into simpler sentences: Gregório de Matos e Guerra (April 7 1636--November 26 1696), was the major baroque poet of Brazil. He wrote religious, lyrical, satirical and erotic poetry that was collected privately and finally published in the nineteenth century.