Complex sentence: Agha Hashar Kashmiri (3 April 1879--1935) was an eminent Urdu poet, playwright and dramatist who was called the "Shakespeare of Urdu"; a number of his plays were actually Indian Shakespearean adaptions.
Split into simpler sentences: Agha Hashar Kashmiri (3 April 1879--1935) was an eminent Urdu poet, playwright and dramatist. He was highly acclaimed and was also called the "Shakespeare of Urdu"; a number of his plays were actually Indian Shakespearean adaptions.