Lao She is one of the {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(great) Chinese writers of the 20th century. He is {#blank#}2{#/blank#}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 {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(finish) school, he started {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(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 {#blank#}5{#/blank#}his novel Camel Xiangzi and one of his most famous plays {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(be) Teahouse. Teahouse {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(show) the lives of the Chinese people between 1898 and 1945. It makes people {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(think) about society. Most people like to see it.

    Like many other famous intellectuals (知识分子) in China, he experienced lots of bad things in the middle 1960s. He killed {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(he) in a lake in 1966. {#blank#}10{#/blank#}unlucky he was !