Complex sentence: Maitreyi Devi (or Maitreyī Devī) (September 1,1914--January 29,1989) was a Bengali-born Indian poet and novelist, the daughter of philosopher Surendranath Dasgupta and protegée of poet Rabindranath Tagore.
Split into simpler sentences: Maitreyi Devi (or Maitreyī Devī) (September 1,1914--January 29,1989) was a Bengali-born Indian poet and novelist. Devi was born in 1914, she was the daughter of philosopher Surendranath Dasgupta and protegée of poet Rabindranath Tagore.