Complex sentence: During his life he received many awards and recognitions, such as the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Washington, D.C., in 1979 and in 1980, he obtained the Cintas Foundation Fellowship, in New York.
Split into simpler sentences: During his life he has obtained many awards and recognitions, among them one can mention the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Washington, D.C., in 1979. And in 1980 he obtained the Cintas Foundation Fellowship, in New York.