Complex sentence: Lenore Kandel (January 14,1932, New York City-October 18,2009, San Francisco, California) was an American poet who was briefly notorious as the author of a short book of poetry, "The Love Book".
Split into simpler sentences: Lenore Kandel (January 14,1932, New York City-October 18,2009, San Francisco, California) was an American poet. Kandel was briefly notorious as the author of a short book of poetry, "The Love Book".