Lao She is one of the (great) Chinese writers of the 20th century. He is excellent writer, he is also a great modern novelist and dramatist(剧作家). He is named "the People's Artist".
Lao She was born in a poor family in Beijing. He worked his way through college. After (finish) school, he started (work)as a teacher in primary and middle schools. He liked writing since he was a child. He didn't write his first novel until 1933.
He is famous his novel Camel Xiangzi and one of his most famous plays Teahouse. Teahouse shows the of the Chinese people between 1898 and 1945. It makes people (think) about society. Most people like to see it.
Like famous intellectuals (知识分子) in China, he experienced lots of bad things in the middle 1960s. He killed himself in a lake in 1966. unlucky he was!