《新德意志文学》1993年第3期刊登了1992年12月7日在汉堡采访作家西·伦茨的谈话。当记者问:70年代初一般认为作家直接介入社会是对的,而今天是否还有这种必要时,伦茨回答说,他个人今天仍这样做,仍就排外情绪、仇视外国人问题与市长谈话或在广场上演 New German Literature, Issue 3, 1993, addresses the interview with writer Simon Lentz in Hamburg on December 7, 1992. When asked by reporters: In the early 1970s, it was generally considered right for the writer to directly intervene in the society. Whether or not there is such a necessity today, Lenz replied that he still does so today and remains concerned about the problem of xenophobia and hatred of foreigners and the city Long talk or staged in the square