Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev ( November 9 , 1818 â `` September 3 , 1883 ) was a Russian novelist , short story writer , and playwright .
Simplified: Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev ( November 9 , 1818 - September 3 , 1883 ) was a Russian writer , most famous for his novel Fathers and Sons .