Complex sentence: Claude Fredericks (October 14,1923-January 11,2013) was an American poet, playwright, printer, prolific writer of journals and letters, and a beloved professor of literature at Bennington College in Vermont for over thirty years.
Split into simpler sentences: Claude Fredericks (October 14,1923-January 11,2013) was an American poet, playwright, printer, writer and teacher. He was professor of literature at Bennington College in Vermont for over thirty years.