Complex sentence: Like his compatriot Hans Christian Andersen, he travelled extensively; a trip to the United States inspired a poem of his, "Paa Memphis Station" (At the train station, Memphis, Tennessee), which is well-known in Denmark.
Split into simpler sentences: Like his compatriot Hans Christian Andersen, he travelled extensively, even to the United States. A poem of his, "Paa Memphis Station" (At the train station, Memphis, Tennessee) is well known in Denmark.