Complex sentence: Djebar is considered to be one of North Africa's most famous and influential writers, and was elected to the Académie française on 16 June 2005, the first writer from the Maghreb to achieve such recognition.
Split into simpler sentences: Djebar is considered to be one of North Africa's pre-eminent and most influential writers. She was elected to the Académie française on 16 June 2005, the first writer from the Maghreb to achieve such recognition.