Simplify the following text for a Grade 11 native English-speaking person.
Original: Yeghishe Charents ( ; March 13 , 1897 , Kars , Russian Armenia , Russian Empire -- November 27 , 1937 , Yerevan , Soviet Union ) was an Armenian poet , writer and public activist .
Simplified: Yeghishe Charents ( born Yeghishe Soghomonian , ) ( 13 March 1897 , Kars - 29 November 1937 , Yerevan ) was an Armenian poet killed in Stalin 's purges .