Simplify the following text for a Grade 6 native English-speaking person.
Original: Georges Prosper Remi ( 22 May 1907 â `` 3 March 1983 ) , better known by the pen name HergÃ , was a Belgian comics writer and artist .
Simplified: Georges Remi ( May 22 , 1907 â `` March 3 , 1983 ) , also known as HergÃ , was a cartoonist from Belgium .