Nikos Karouzos (Greek: Νίκος Καρούζος) was a Greek modernist poet. He was born in Nafplion on 17 July 1926 and died in Athens on 28 September 1990.

He published his first poems in 1949. He also wrote literary criticism and essays on the theatre and art. He was awarded the State Poetry Prize twice, in 1972 and 1988.