Complex sentence: Robert Maynard Pirsig (September 6,1928--April 24,2017) was an American writer and philosopher, and the author of the philosophical novels'(1974) and' (1991).
Split into simpler sentences: Robert Maynard Pirsig (September 6,1928--April 24,2017) was an American writer and philosopher. He was the author of the philosophical novels'(1974) and' (1991).