Complex sentence: He was one of the leading figures of post-Civil War Spanish literature, winning numerous literary prizes, and several of his works have been adapted for the theatre or have been made into films, winning awards at the Cannes Film Festival among others.
Split into simpler sentences: He was one of the leading figures of post-Civil War Spanish literature, winning numerous literary prizes. Several of his works have been adapted for the theatre or have been made into films, winning awards at the Cannes Film Festival among others.