Complex sentence: August Wilson (April 27,1945--October 2,2005) was an American playwright whose work included a series of ten plays, "The Pittsburgh Cycle", for which he received two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama.
Split into simpler sentences: August Wilson (April 27,1945--October 2,2005) was an American playwright. His literary legacy is a series of ten plays, "The Pittsburgh Cycle", for which he received two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama.