Georg Büchners Erzählung "Lenz", die 1839 posthum veröffentlicht wurde, basiert auf dem Leben des deutschen Dichters Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz und beschreibt eine fiktive Episode aus dessen Leben

“Covering the entire range of contents and methods of Büchner-related research, the Georg Büchner Jahrbuch is to serve as a forum for stocktaking and innovation, reflection and debate, source documentation and easy communication, discussion and mutual understanding”. Ever since setting this goal in the preface to Volume 1 (1981), the Büchner Yearbook has been striving to achieve its aim in all of its regularly published sections (Essays– Debates– Short Contributions and Commentaries– Documents and Materials – Reviews). With 100 contributions from 14 countries, wide acclaim not only from experts and, last but by no means least, the development of Büchner-related research as such, the Büchner Yearbook has turned out a great success.