Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Gombrowicz akaberekerwa muMałoszyce pedyo neOpatów, ipapo muRadom Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire, kumhuri yakapfuma yevarombo. Akanga ari muduku pavana vana vaJan naAntonina (née Ścibor-Kotkowska weClan yeOstoja). Muchikamu cheupenyu hwake, "Rudzi rweTestamente", akanyora kuti mhuri yake yakanga yagara kwemakore mazana mana muLithuania pane imwe nzvimbo pakati peVilnius neKaunas asi yakadzingwa mushure mekunge sekuru vake vapomerwa mhosva yekutora chikamu mu
Kumuka kwaJanuary kwa1863. Gare gare akarondedzera mavambo ake emhuri uye chinzvimbo munzanga semhedzisiro yekunzwa kweupenyu hwese kuve "pakati" ("entre"). Muna 1911 mhuri yake yakatamira kuWarsaw. Apedza dzidzo yake paSaint Stanislaus Kostka's Gymnasium muna 1922, Gombrowicz akadzidza mutemo paWarsaw University, achiwana MJur muna 1927. Akapedza gore muParis, kwaakadzidza paInstitute of Higher International Studies (French: "Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales"). Akanga asinganyanyi kushingaira muzvidzidzo zvake, asi nguva yake muFrance yakamuita kuti agare achisangana nevamwe vechiduku vakadzidza. Akashanyirawo Mediterranean.