Complex sentence: Pierre-Jules Renard or Jules Renard was a French author and member of the Académie Goncourt, most famous for the works "Poil de Carotte" (Carrot hair) (1894) and "Les Histoires Naturelles" (Natural Histories) (1896).
Split into simpler sentences: Pierre-Jules Renard or Jules Renard was a notable French author and member of the Académie Goncourt. This French writer was most notably the author of "Poil de Carotte" (Carrot hair) (1894) and "Les Histoires Naturelles" (Natural Histories/Stories) (1896).