Complex sentence: Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail (8 July 1829-20 January 1871, Bordeaux) was a French writer born in Montmaur (Hautes Alpes).
Split into simpler sentences: Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail (8 July 1829-20 January 1871) was a French writer. He was born in born in Montmaur (Hautes Alpes).