Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: Edward James Hughes OM ( 17 August 1930-28 October 1998 ) , more commonly known as Ted Hughes , was an English poet and children 's writer .
Simplified: Ted Hughes OM , ( 17 August 1930 â `` 28 October 1998 ) was an English poet and writer of children 's stories .