Ektor Kaknavatos () is the pen name of Greek poet and essayist Yorgοs Kontoyorgis (Γιώργος Κοντογιώργης; 1920 – 9 November 2010), who was born in Piraeus, Greece. Between 1937 and 1941, he studied mathematics in Athens. After World War II, he worked as a teacher of mathematics and then as a civil servant in the Ministry of Education.
His first published poetry collection was Fuga in 1943. After 18 years, in 1961, he circulated in a small circle of friends the collection Diaspora (Dissemination).
Bibliography Fuga (1943) I klimaka tou lithou – Diaspora (1961) Tetrapsifio me tin evdomi chordi (1972) Diigisi (1974) Odos Laistrygonon (1978) Ta machairia tis Kirkis (1981) Anastixi tou thrylou gia ta nefra tis politeias (1981) In perpetuum (1983) Kivotio tachytiton (1987) Oiakismoi tou Menesthea Kastelanou tou Mystros (1995) Chaotika I (1997) Ypsikaminizouses neoplasies (2001) Akarei (2001) Sta proso Iachis (2005) Vrachea ke Makra (2005) Sfodra airetiko imerologio tou 2000 (in cooperation with Spyros Kaniouras) (1999) To klarino i Safari sto verso tou pragmatikou (2005)
Collected works Piimata 1943–1974 Piimata 1978–1987
References Ektor Kaknavatos at Ekebi.gr