Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haifi Gombrowicz a Małoszyce kusa da Opatów, sannan a cikin Gwamnatin Radom, Majalisar Poland, Daular Rasha, zuwa dangin masu arziki. Shi ne ƙarami daga cikin yara huɗu na Jan da Antonina (née Ścibor-Kotkowska na Clan na Ostoja). A cikin wani yanki na tarihin kansa, "Wani nau'in wasiƙa", ya rubuta cewa danginsa sun rayu tsawon shekaru 400 a Lithuania a kan wata ƙasa tsakanin Vilnius da Kaunas amma an kore su bayan an zargi kakansa da shiga cikin
Tashin hankali na Janairu na 1863. Daga baya ya bayyana asalin danginsa da matsayin zamantakewar su a matsayin farkon misalai na jin daɗin rayuwa na kasancewa "tsakanin" ("tsakanin"). A cikin 1911 danginsa suka koma Warsaw. Bayan kammala karatunsa a makarantar Saint Stanislaus Kostka's Gymnasium a 1922, Gombrowicz ya yi karatun doka a Jami'ar Warsaw, inda ya sami digiri na MJur a 1927. Ya yi shekara guda a Paris, inda ya yi karatu a Cibiyar Nazarin Kasa da Kasa (Faransanci: "Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales"). Ba shi da himma sosai a karatunsa, amma lokacinsa a Faransa ya kawo shi cikin hulɗa tare da sauran matasa masu ilimi. Ya kuma ziyarci Bahar Rum.