Lao She is the pen name of Shu Qingchun. He was born in 1899. At the age of 19, he became a (校长) of a primary school. Six years later, he went to England and taught Chinese there. He wrote the famous (戏剧) Teahouse in 1957. It (描述) the lives of (普通的) people. It tells us the story of Wang Lifa and his (顾客) . Lao She's plays, (小说) and short stories are (主要地) about people's lives, so he was (给……命名) "the People's Artist". Today, you can find his books in Chinese as well as in some other (语言) . He is really one of the greatest Chinese writers in the (第二十) century.