Complex sentence: Anna Jókai was born in Budapest, at an early age she started to show interest in writing, she stopped at the age of sixteen with her early attempts at becoming a author and did not attempt it again until seventeen years later.
Split into simpler sentences: Anna Jókai was born in Budapest, and at an early age she started to show interest in writing. However, when she was sixteen, she stopped with her early attempts at becoming a author and did not attempt it again until seventeen years later.