Career
He made his literary debut in 1969, with the poetry collection Som grønne musikantar. He was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 1974 for the novel Kjærleikens ferjereiser. He was awarded the Melsom Prize in 2006, and the Peter Dass Prize in 2007 for the novel Mors og fars historie.
Hoem was the director of the Molde theater Teatret Vårt 1997–1999.
He has translated at least eleven of Shakespeare"s plays into Norwegian.