Jason Charles Bourne is a fictional character and the main protagonist in the novels of Robert Ludlum

Robert Ludlum

Robert Ludlum was an American author of 23 thriller novels. The number of his books in print is estimated between 290–500 million copies. They have been published in 33 languages and 40 countries. Ludlum also published books under the pseudonyms Jonathan Ryder and Michael Shepherd.-Life and...

 and subsequent film adaptations. He first appeared in the novel The Bourne Identity (1980

1980 in literature

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). This novel was first adapted

The Bourne Identity (1988 film)

The Bourne Identity is a 1988 television movie adaptation of Robert Ludlum's novel The Bourne Identity.The film follows the storyline of the novel, with a run-time of 3 hours 5 min...

 for television in 1988, and then adapted to the film, which is very loosely based on the novels, in 2002 under a title of the same name

The Bourne Identity (2002 film)

The Bourne Identity is a 2002 American spy film loosely based on Robert Ludlum's novel of the same name. It stars Matt Damon as Jason Bourne, an amnesiac attempting to discover his true identity amidst a clandestine conspiracy within the Central Intelligence Agency . The film also stars Franka...

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The character has been in eight sequel novels (the last six of which are written by Eric Van Lustbader

Eric Van Lustbader

Eric Van Lustbader is a writer of thriller and fantasy novels.He is a graduate of New York's Stuyvesant High School and Columbia College, with a degree in Sociology, and is a second-level Reiki master.-The Pearl Saga:...

) with another novel due to be released in 2012.